Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
एतेषां चैव रुद्राणां सर्वान्वाप्येकमेव वा । सोमेश्वरं पूजयित्वा जपेद्वै शतरुद्रियम् । सर्वेषां लभते पुण्यं रुद्राणां नात्र संशयः
eteṣāṃ caiva rudrāṇāṃ sarvānvāpyekameva vā | someśvaraṃ pūjayitvā japedvai śatarudriyam | sarveṣāṃ labhate puṇyaṃ rudrāṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
Quer se abarquem todos esses Rudras, quer apenas um deles, após adorar Someśvara deve-se, de fato, recitar o Śatarudrīya. Assim se alcança o mérito de todos os Rudras—sem dúvida alguma.
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Mahādevī)
Scene: A pilgrim (or royal devotee) offers bilva, water, and lamps to the Someśvara liṅga while a Vedic reciter chants the Śatarudrīya; surrounding are subtle iconographic hints of multiple Rudra-forms being ‘included’ in the single worship.
FAQs
Unified worship—centering on Someśvara and the Śatarudrīya—can confer the collective grace of multiple Rudra manifestations.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the practice of Someśvara worship connected to Rudra-ekādaśa.
Worship Someśvara (pūjā) and perform japa of the Śatarudrīya; this yields the merit of all Rudras.
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