Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
राजोवाच । शृणु तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं शिवरात्रिमुपोषणात् । तस्मिञ्छिवपुरे रम्ये स्वर्गद्वारे सुशोभने
rājovāca | śṛṇu tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śivarātrimupoṣaṇāt | tasmiñchivapure ramye svargadvāre suśobhane
राजा म्हणाला—शिवरात्रीच्या उपवासामुळे प्राप्त होणाऱ्या त्या तीर्थाचे माहात्म्य ऐक; त्या रम्य शिवपुरात, जे स्वर्गद्वारासारखे शोभून दिसते।
Sudarśana (Rājā)
Tirtha: Śivapura (as named sacred locale)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Queen
Scene: The king begins a formal narration: a visionary depiction of Śivapura—beautiful, radiant, and portrayed as a gateway to heaven—while he instructs the queen about Śivarātri fasting and the tīrtha’s greatness.
FAQs
Fasting and devotion on Śivarātri are linked with tīrtha-mahātmya—discipline plus sacred place intensifies merit and spiritual uplift.
Śivapura is praised as ‘svarga-dvāra’; within this adhyāya it is situated in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
Upoṣaṇa (fasting/observance) on Śivarātri.