Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
अद्यप्रभृति रुद्रस्य लिंगं संपूज्य भक्तितः । भविष्यामो न संदेहस्तथा पितृगणाश्च ये
adyaprabhṛti rudrasya liṃgaṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ | bhaviṣyāmo na saṃdehastathā pitṛgaṇāśca ye
अद्यप्रभृति रुद्रस्य लिङ्गं भक्त्या समर्च्य वयम्। भविष्यामो न सन्देहः, तथा पितृगणाश्च ये॥
Devas (collective statement after worship)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Prabhāseśvara)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The gods, hands folded, make a solemn vow: from this day they will worship Rudra’s liṅga; behind them, subtle imagery of pitṛs receiving satisfaction—calm, luminous ancestors in the background.
FAQs
Devotional worship uplifts not only the worshiper but also one’s lineage and ancestral continuum (pitṛs).
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Rudra’s liṅga is worshiped with promised benefits.
Daily/ongoing worship from ‘today onward’ (adyaprabhṛti) of Rudra’s liṅga with bhakti.
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