Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
राजोवाच । शृणु तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं शिवरात्रिमुपोषणात् । तस्मिञ्छिवपुरे रम्ये स्वर्गद्वारे सुशोभने
rājovāca | śṛṇu tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śivarātrimupoṣaṇāt | tasmiñchivapure ramye svargadvāre suśobhane
அரசன் கூறினான்—சிவராத்திரியில் உபவாசம் செய்வதால் விளையும் அந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தின் மகிமையை கேள்; சொர்க்கத்தின் வாயில்போல் ஒளிரும் அந்த இனிய சிவபுரத்தில்।
Sudarśana (Rājā)
Tirtha: Śivapura (as named sacred locale)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Queen
Scene: The king begins a formal narration: a visionary depiction of Śivapura—beautiful, radiant, and portrayed as a gateway to heaven—while he instructs the queen about Śivarātri fasting and the tīrtha’s greatness.
FAQs
Fasting and devotion on Śivarātri are linked with tīrtha-mahātmya—discipline plus sacred place intensifies merit and spiritual uplift.
Śivapura is praised as ‘svarga-dvāra’; within this adhyāya it is situated in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
Upoṣaṇa (fasting/observance) on Śivarātri.