Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तदा वर्षसहस्रं तु समाराध्य महेश्वरम् । प्रपेदे कामनासर्गं यत्रानंगः पुरा किल
tadā varṣasahasraṃ tu samārādhya maheśvaram | prapede kāmanāsargaṃ yatrānaṃgaḥ purā kila
तेव्हा त्याने सहस्र वर्षे महेश्वराची आराधना करून, ज्या स्थानी पूर्वी अनंग (देहरहित काम) होता, त्याच ठिकाणी कामनेचा पुनःसर्ग प्राप्त केला।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kāmeśvara (Ananga-tapas locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Ananga (bodiless Kāma) is shown as a subtle luminous presence performing thousand-year worship before a liṅga; the scene conveys time through layered seasons and a steady lamp flame; finally a gentle radiance signifies the return of creative desire (kāmanā-sarga).
FAQs
Atonement through long devotion transforms even a cosmic fault into grace; disciplined worship restores what was lost in a purified form.
The place of Kāmeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with Ananga’s (Kāma’s) restoration.
The model of sustained ārādhana (devotional worship) of Maheśvara, exemplified by a thousand-year observance.