Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तं पूजयते मर्त्यः कृष्णाष्टम्यां विधानतः । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैर्नागलोके महीयते
yastaṃ pūjayate martyaḥ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ vidhānataḥ | sa muktaḥ pātakairghorairnāgaloke mahīyate
जो मनुष्य कृष्णाष्टमीला विधिपूर्वक त्याची पूजा करतो, तो घोर पातकांपासून मुक्त होऊन नागलोकी मान पावतो।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Aṣṭakuleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Night of Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī: devotees with lamps and offerings worship Aṣṭakuleśvara; a protective serpent-hood (nāga-phaṇa) appears as a divine canopy above the liṅga; a visionary glimpse of Nāga-loka—jeweled subterranean palace with Nāgas honoring the devotee.
FAQs
Timely, rule-based worship transforms destiny—purifying grave sins and granting exalted recognition beyond the human realm.
Aṣṭakuleśvara shrine in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Perform worship (pūjā) on Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī in accordance with proper procedure (vidhānataḥ).