Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या स्नानपूजादिभिः क्रमात् । मेरुदानस्य कृत्स्नस्य स लभेन्मनुजः फलम्
yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā snānapūjādibhiḥ kramāt | merudānasya kṛtsnasya sa labhenmanujaḥ phalam
जो त्या लिंगाची भक्तिभावाने स्नान, पूजा इत्यादी विधी क्रमाने करून उपासना करतो, तो मनुष्य मेरुदान या महादानाचे संपूर्ण फळ प्राप्त करतो।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Aghoreśvara context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs orderly worship: first ablution, then bathing the liṅga, offering flowers, incense, lamp, and concluding with reverent prostration; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest coastal Somnātha ambience.
FAQs
Ordered, devotional practice at a tīrtha can confer the merit of otherwise immense and costly sacrifices or donations.
Aghoreśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Perform snāna (ritual bathing) and pūjā (worship), along with related observances, in proper sequence.