Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
प्रतिज्ञेश्वरमित्येव लिंगं परमशोभनम् । अष्टम्यां बहुले चात्र चैत्रे स्नात्वा उपोष्य च
pratijñeśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ paramaśobhanam | aṣṭamyāṃ bahule cātra caitre snātvā upoṣya ca
ते परम शोभिवंत लिंग ‘प्रतिज्ञेश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे. येथे चैत्र महिन्यात कृष्णपक्षातील अष्टमीस स्नान करून व उपवास करून…
Narrator (continuing the Mahatmya statement)
Tirtha: Pratijñeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: The splendid liṅga is revealed and named Pratijñeśvara; devotees bathe and undertake fasting on Caitra dark-half aṣṭamī, preparing for worship.
FAQs
A properly timed vrata—rooted in bathing and fasting—turns a sacred site into a direct instrument of purification and merit.
Pratijñeśvara Liṅga-sthala is explicitly praised as a named shrine within this sacred geography.
On Caitra kṛṣṇa-pakṣa aṣṭamī: perform snāna (ritual bath) and upavāsa (fast), as part of worship at Pratijñeśvara.