Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
ततो महेश्वरः प्रीतः प्राह स्कंदस्य श्रृण्वतः । चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे मधौ चैवात्र यो नरः । स्नात्वोपोष्य समभ्यर्च्य कपालेश्वरमीश्वरीम्
tato maheśvaraḥ prītaḥ prāha skaṃdasya śrṛṇvataḥ | caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe madhau caivātra yo naraḥ | snātvopoṣya samabhyarcya kapāleśvaramīśvarīm
ထို့နောက် မဟေရှ္ဝရသည် ပီတိဖြစ်၍ စကန္ဒကြားနာနေစဉ် ပြော하였다—«မဓုလတွင်၊ ကృష్ణပက္ခ၏ စတုတ္ထဒశီနေ့၌၊ ဤနေရာ၌ ရေချိုး၍ ဥပဝါသ (အစာရှောင်) ပြုကာ ကပာလေရှ္ဝရနှင့် ဒေဝီကို သဒ္ဓါဖြင့် ပူဇော်သူမည်သူမဆို…»
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara–Śakticchidra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Maheśvara, pleased, instructs the observance while Skanda listens; in the background, a tīrtha pool and the Kapāleśvara liṅga with a nearby Devī shrine indicate the paired worship.
FAQs
Śiva-centered observances combine tīrtha-snān, fasting, and worship to purify and elevate the devotee.
The Kapāleśvara sacred area (with the associated tīrtha context of the chapter).
On Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Caturdaśī in Madhu month: bathe at the site, fast, and worship Kapāleśvara along with the Goddess.