Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या स्नानपूजादिभिः क्रमात् । मेरुदानस्य कृत्स्नस्य स लभेन्मनुजः फलम्
yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā snānapūjādibhiḥ kramāt | merudānasya kṛtsnasya sa labhenmanujaḥ phalam
Quem adorar esse liṅga com devoção—realizando, em devida ordem, o banho ritual, a pūjā e os demais ritos—obtém por inteiro o fruto da grande dádiva chamada Meru-dāna.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Aghoreśvara context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs orderly worship: first ablution, then bathing the liṅga, offering flowers, incense, lamp, and concluding with reverent prostration; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest coastal Somnātha ambience.
FAQs
Ordered, devotional practice at a tīrtha can confer the merit of otherwise immense and costly sacrifices or donations.
Aghoreśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Perform snāna (ritual bathing) and pūjā (worship), along with related observances, in proper sequence.