Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा महातीर्थे लिंगं संप्लाव्य यत्नतः । विप्रेभ्यो दापयेद्वित्तं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
tatra snātvā mahātīrthe liṃgaṃ saṃplāvya yatnataḥ | viprebhyo dāpayedvittaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
त्या महातीर्थात स्नान करून आणि यत्नपूर्वक लिंगाचा अभिषेक करून, ब्राह्मणांना धनदान करावे; त्यामुळे सर्व पातकांतून मुक्ती मिळते.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Rukmavatīśvara Mahā-tīrtha (associated waters)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a sacred waterbody, then pour water over the liṅga with devotion; afterward, they offer coins, cloth, and food to brāhmaṇas seated in a row, with the sea-temple horizon of Prabhāsa behind.
FAQs
Purification is completed by a triad: tīrtha-snāna, reverent service to the deity, and dāna—together framed as a path to release from sin.
The “great tīrtha” at Prabhāsa associated with the Rukmavatī-established Liṅga (Rukmavatīśvara).
Snāna in the tīrtha, careful washing/laving of the Liṅga, and giving wealth as dāna to brāhmaṇas.