Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
स देवः संस्थितो देवि तस्मिंल्लिंगे महाप्रभः । यस्तत्पूजयते भक्त्या कल्ये लिंगं मम प्रियम् । षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण मृत्युं जयति तत्क्षणात्
sa devaḥ saṃsthito devi tasmiṃlliṃge mahāprabhaḥ | yastatpūjayate bhaktyā kalye liṃgaṃ mama priyam | ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa mṛtyuṃ jayati tatkṣaṇāt
हे देवी, तो महाप्रभु देव त्या लिंगात प्रतिष्ठित आहे। जो पहाटे भक्तिभावाने माझ्या प्रिय त्या लिंगाची पूजा करतो, तो षडक्षरी मंत्राने तत्क्षणी मृत्यूवर विजय मिळवतो।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Dawn at Prabhāsa: pale light entering the sanctum; devotee offering water, bilva, and lamp to the liṅga; a subtle halo shaped like a protective circle, suggesting ‘mṛtyu-jaya’ through ṣaḍakṣara.
FAQs
Devotional worship joined with mantra is portrayed as a direct means to transcend fear of death and attain divine protection.
Mahākāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Perform dawn worship (kalye pūjā) of the liṅga with devotion and recite the six-syllabled mantra (ṣaḍakṣara).