Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
मासैश्चतुर्भिर्यत्पुण्यं विधिनाऽपूज्य शंकरम् । कार्त्तिक्यां स लभेत्पुण्यं चैत्र्यां तद्द्विगुणं स्मृतम् । पुण्यमेतत्तु फाल्गुन्यामाषाढ्यामेवमेव तु
māsaiścaturbhiryatpuṇyaṃ vidhinā'pūjya śaṃkaram | kārttikyāṃ sa labhetpuṇyaṃ caitryāṃ taddviguṇaṃ smṛtam | puṇyametattu phālgunyāmāṣāḍhyāmevameva tu
चार महिने विधिपूर्वक शंकराची पूजा केल्याने जे पुण्य मिळते, तेच पुण्य कार्तिकात प्राप्त होते; चैत्रात ते द्विगुण मानले आहे. फाल्गुन व आषाढ महिन्यांतही याच प्रकारे पुण्यफळ सांगितले आहे.
Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sureśvarī (Indrāṇī)
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa-kṣetra performs rule-bound worship of a Śiva-liṅga as the lunar months cycle—Kārttika lamps, Caitra blossoms, Phālguna spring hues, and Āṣāḍha monsoon clouds—signifying time’s amplification of devotion.
FAQs
Certain lunar months are portrayed as spiritually ‘high-yield’ for Śiva worship, compressing long practice into shorter observance.
Prabhāsakṣetra through the lens of Somnātha/Śaṅkara worship performed in especially sacred months.
Ritual worship of Śaṅkara with special emphasis on Kārttika and Caitra (and similarly Phālguna and Āṣāḍha) as merit-multiplying months.