Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
तदाप्रभृति ये केचित्कुर्वंति भुवि मानवाः । तेऽपि तत्पदमायांति विमलांगाश्च सोमवत्
tadāprabhṛti ye kecitkurvaṃti bhuvi mānavāḥ | te'pi tatpadamāyāṃti vimalāṃgāśca somavat
அந்நாளிலிருந்து பூமியில் யார் யார் இந்த அனுஷ்டானத்தைச் செய்கிறார்களோ, அவர்களும் அதே நிலையினை அடைந்து, சோமனைப் போலத் தூய அங்கங்களுடன் விளங்குவர்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence tableau: generations of pilgrims performing the same observance at the shrine/tīrtha, emerging with moon-like purity—cool luminous bodies, serene faces, white radiance.
FAQs
Purāṇic exemplars become replicable paths: by following the vowed practice, devotees share in the same purification and upliftment.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya presents the vow as a continuing source of merit for humanity.
To perform “this observance” (contextually the Somavāra-vrata and associated Śiva worship), promising purity and attainment.