Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
यः प्रत्यूषे महादेवि प्रत्यूषेश्वरमुत्तमम् । पूजयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या सततं नियतात्मवान् । तस्यैष्यति क्षयं पापमपि ब्रह्मवधोद्भवम
yaḥ pratyūṣe mahādevi pratyūṣeśvaramuttamam | pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktyā satataṃ niyatātmavān | tasyaiṣyati kṣayaṃ pāpamapi brahmavadhodbhavama
Sesiapa, wahai Mahādevī, pada waktu fajar menyembah Pratyūṣeśvara yang tertinggi dengan bhakti yang sejati—sentiasa mengekang diri dan menata jiwa—maka dosanya akan lenyap, bahkan dosa yang lahir daripada pembunuhan brahmana.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pratyūṣeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At first light, a disciplined devotee performs abhiṣeka to the liṅga; the darkness of sin is visualized as smoke dissolving into the dawn glow, while the devotee’s posture is steady and serene.
FAQs
Disciplined devotion at dawn to Śiva in a holy place is presented as a powerful purifier, capable of erasing even heavy karmic burdens.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra—worship of Pratyūṣeśvara.
Perform pūjā of Pratyūṣeśvara at daybreak (pratyūṣa) with steadfast devotion and self-restraint.