Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
ततः सिद्धेश्वरं लिंगं कलौ ख्यातं वरानने । यदा सोमेन संयुक्ता कृष्णा शिवचतुर्दशी । तदैव तस्य देवस्य दर्शनं देवि दुर्ल्लभम्
tataḥ siddheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kalau khyātaṃ varānane | yadā somena saṃyuktā kṛṣṇā śivacaturdaśī | tadaiva tasya devasya darśanaṃ devi durllabham
त्यानंतर, हे वरानने, कलियुगात ते लिंग ‘सिद्धेश्वर’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध झाले. आणि जेव्हा कृष्णपक्षातील शिवचतुर्दशी सोम (चंद्र) युक्त होते, तेव्हा, हे देवी, त्या देवाचे दर्शन अत्यंत दुर्लभ व परम फलदायी ठरते.
Narrator (likely Skanda) addressing Devī
Tirtha: Siddheśvara/Siddhaliṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the Siddheśvara liṅga is approached on a rare moon-linked Śiva-caturdaśī night; devotees wait in reverent stillness as the moonlight and lamp-flames reveal the liṅga’s presence.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi and lunar conjunction) and sacred place together intensify the rarity and value of divine darśana.
Siddheśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, highlighted as especially renowned in Kali Yuga.
Seeking darśana/worship on Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa Śiva-Caturdaśī, particularly when it coincides with Soma (Moon-related conjunction), is emphasized as exceptionally significant.