Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
लिंगं स स्थापयामास ततः पापैर्व्यमुच्यत । यस्तं समाहितमनाः पूजयिष्यति मानवः । स च मानवसंभूतात्पातकात्संप्रमोक्ष्यति
liṃgaṃ sa sthāpayāmāsa tataḥ pāpairvyamucyata | yastaṃ samāhitamanāḥ pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ | sa ca mānavasaṃbhūtātpātakātsaṃpramokṣyati
स लिङ्गं प्रतिष्ठाप्य ततः पापैर्विमुक्तोऽभवत्। यः कश्चित् समाहितमनाः तं पूजयिष्यति, स मानवसम्भूतैः पातकैः सम्यक् प्रमोक्ष्यते।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Devarājeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee installs a Śiva-liṅga; later pilgrims worship with folded hands and steady gaze; a subtle aura indicates sins being dissolved.
FAQs
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and one-pointed worship (samāhita-citta) are presented as powerful means of purification and release from sin.
Devarājeśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a place of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).
Worship (pūjā) of the liṅga with a collected mind; liṅga स्थापना (establishment) is cited as the source of purification.