Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामि देवेशि भक्तानुग्रहकारकः । सर्वं च दुष्कृतं नृणां भक्षयामि न संशयः
tasmiṃstiṣṭhāmi deveśi bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ | sarvaṃ ca duṣkṛtaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhakṣayāmi na saṃśayaḥ
ഹേ ദേവേശി! ഞാൻ അവിടെ ഭക്തന്മാർക്ക് അനുഗ്രഹം നൽകുന്നവനായി വസിക്കുന്നു; മനുഷ്യരുടെ എല്ലാ ദുഷ്കൃത്യങ്ങളും ഞാൻ ഭക്ഷിച്ച് നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു—സംശയമില്ല.
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī: seated in a luminous kṣetra, he gestures in assurance while dark scroll-like ‘sins’ are shown being consumed in a flame of consciousness; devotees stand protected below.
FAQs
Bhakti draws Śiva’s grace, and the tīrtha becomes a place of karmic cleansing when approached with devotion.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, where Śiva abides as Someśvara/Bhairava.
Devotional approach (bhakti) and darśana are implied as the means by which sins are destroyed.