Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
धनुषां त्रिंशता देवि श्रुतं पातकनाशनम् । पूर्वं कृतयुगे देवि स्मृतं चित्रांगदेश्वरम्
dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā devi śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam | pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge devi smṛtaṃ citrāṃgadeśvaram
हे देवी, तीस धनुष्यांच्या अंतरात हे स्थान पातकनाशक म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे. हे देवी, पूर्वी कृतयुगात यास ‘चित्रांगदेश्वर’ असे स्मरले जाई।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara / Citrāṅgadeśvara (older name)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim enters the consecrated zone around Mahākāleśvara; a subtle boundary marker indicates ‘thirty bow-lengths’; an inscription recalls the ancient name Citrāṅgadeśvara from Kṛta Yuga; the shrine radiates protective sanctity.
FAQs
Sacred places carry time-transcending potency; their names may change across yugas, but their power to purify remains.
The Mahākāleśvara/Citrāṅgadeśvara shrine-area in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as pātaka-nāśana.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes the site’s purificatory merit and its traditional name.