Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
निद्रा तंद्रा तथाऽलस्यं पैशुन्यमिति ते दश । एते रक्षंति सततं सोमेशं तीर्थनायकम्
nidrā taṃdrā tathā'lasyaṃ paiśunyamiti te daśa | ete rakṣaṃti satataṃ someśaṃ tīrthanāyakam
ନିଦ୍ରା, ତନ୍ଦ୍ରା, ତଥା ଆଳସ୍ୟ ଓ ପୈଶୁନ୍ୟ—ଏଭଳି ସେମାନେ ଦଶ। ଏମାନେ ସଦା ତୀର୍ଥନାୟକ ସୋମେଶଙ୍କୁ ‘ରକ୍ଷା’ କରନ୍ତି।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Someśa (tīrtha-nāyaka) at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Scene: At the gateway of Someśa’s shrine stand ten symbolic sentinels—Sleep, Drowsiness, Sloth, Slander, and the earlier vices—subtly restraining an inattentive pilgrim, while a disciplined devotee passes with lamp and mantra.
FAQs
Inner dullness and harmful speech become ‘gatekeepers’ that prevent a seeker from approaching the holy.
Prabhāsa-tīrtha under the lordship of Someśvara (Someśa).
No explicit rite; the implied instruction is to overcome these hindrances to reach and worship at the tīrtha.