Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र कन्देश्वरो देवो यत्र बद्धा जटा मया । तत्र स्नात्वा नरः सम्यक्त्ं देवं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स मुक्तः पातकैर्घोरैः प्राप्नुयाच्छासनं शुभम्
tatra kandeśvaro devo yatra baddhā jaṭā mayā | tatra snātvā naraḥ samyaktṃ devaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa muktaḥ pātakairghoraiḥ prāpnuyācchāsanaṃ śubham
Di sana ada dewa Kandeśvara, tempat Aku mengikat sanggul jaṭā-Ku. Sesiapa yang mandi di situ dengan sempurna lalu memuja dewa itu dengan penuh bhakti, akan terbebas daripada dosa-dosa yang mengerikan dan memperoleh śāsana yang suci lagi membawa berkat—perkenan serta ketetapan Ilahi.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kandeśvara (at Tuṇḍapura/Gharghara-hrada, Hiraṇyā-taṭa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: At a lakeside shrine, pilgrims bathe and then worship a Śiva-liṅga named Kandeśvara; Śiva’s mythic gesture of binding his jaṭā is recalled as a luminous aura above the sanctum.
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Ritual purity (snāna) joined with devotion (pūjā) at a Śiva-sthala becomes a means of pāpa-kṣaya and spiritual uplift.
Kandeśvara at Tuṇḍapura near Gharghara-hrada, on the Hiraṇyā bank in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Bathe there properly (snāna) and then worship Kandeśvara with due reverence (pūjā).