Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
सिद्धेश्वरः सुरश्रेष्ठ एकत्र समुदाहृतः । तस्मिन्दृष्टे तथा स्पृष्टे पूजिते नृपसत्तम । सर्वेषां लभते मर्त्यः फलं यत्परिकीर्तितम्
siddheśvaraḥ suraśreṣṭha ekatra samudāhṛtaḥ | tasmindṛṣṭe tathā spṛṣṭe pūjite nṛpasattama | sarveṣāṃ labhate martyaḥ phalaṃ yatparikīrtitam
Ó melhor entre os nobres, Siddheśvara—o mais excelso entre os deuses—é declarado presente aqui num só lugar. Ao ser visto, tocado e venerado, ó melhor dos reis, o mortal alcança o fruto proclamado de todos (os tīrtha e santuários).
Unspecified narrator addressing a king
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa-sattama (best of kings)
Scene: A royal pilgrim approaches Siddheśvara; the liṅga radiates as ‘all tīrthas’ symbolically converge—rivers, mountains, and sacred emblems appearing as a halo while the devotee performs darśana, sparśa, and pūjā.
FAQs
Direct devotional engagement—darśana, sparśa, and pūjā—at a highly sanctified Śiva-sthāna grants comprehensive spiritual merit.
Siddheśvara situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised as a concentrated locus of tīrtha-phala.
Perform darśana (seeing), sparśa (reverent touch), and pūjā (worship) of Siddheśvara to obtain the extolled fruits.