Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अश्वयुक्छुक्लाष्टम्यां च त्रिः कृत्वा तु प्रदक्षिणाम् । सोमेशं मध्यतः कृत्वा संस्नाप्याभ्यर्च्य मां पृथक् । तस्य वर्षत्रयं राजन्न भीः शोको भविष्यति
aśvayukchuklāṣṭamyāṃ ca triḥ kṛtvā tu pradakṣiṇām | someśaṃ madhyataḥ kṛtvā saṃsnāpyābhyarcya māṃ pṛthak | tasya varṣatrayaṃ rājanna bhīḥ śoko bhaviṣyati
आश्वयुज शुक्ल अष्टमीला तीनदा प्रदक्षिणा करून, सोमेश्वरास मध्यस्थानी ठेवून, देवतेचे स्नान घालून पूजन करून आणि मला वेगळे अर्चन केल्यास—हे राजन्—त्याला पुढील तीन वर्षे ना भय ना शोक होईल.
Devī (implied, continuing instruction to the king)
Tirtha: Someśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (addressed ‘rājann’)
Scene: Bright Aṣṭamī: pilgrims circle Someśvara thrice; priests perform abhiṣeka; the devotee then offers separate worship to the addressed deity; the king listens as assurance of three-year fearlessness is proclaimed.
FAQs
Ritual devotion performed at a sacred center (Someśvara at Prabhāsa) removes fear and sorrow, showing the protective power of tīrtha-upāsanā.
Prabhāsakṣetra, with Someśvara as the central Śaiva shrine within the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.
On Āśvayuja Śukla Aṣṭamī: perform three pradakṣiṇās, abhiṣeka (bathing), and worship of Someśvara, along with separate worship of the Devī.