Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
कलिकल्मषसंभूत्या येषां चोपहता मतिः । न तेषां तद्भवेद्गम्यं स्थानमर्धेन्दुमौलिनः
kalikalmaṣasaṃbhūtyā yeṣāṃ copahatā matiḥ | na teṣāṃ tadbhavedgamyaṃ sthānamardhendumaulinaḥ
கலியுகப் பாவக் கல்மஷத்தால் யாருடைய அறிவு மங்கியதோ, அவர்கள் அர்த்தசந்திரமௌலியான ஆண்டவனின் அந்தத் திருத்தலத்தை உண்மையில் அடைய இயலார்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara-dhāma)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kali-yuga-kalmaṣaḥ tamas-rūpeṇa manuṣya-buddhiṃ āvṛṇoti; dūre śiva-dhāmaṃ (ardhacandra-dhārī Śiva) prakāśate, kintu moha-grastaḥ janaḥ na paśyati; anye śuddha-bhaktāḥ prakāśaṃ prāpya gacchanti.
FAQs
Inner purity and right understanding are essential; spiritual access to a kṣetra is not only physical travel but moral-spiritual fitness.
The abode of Śiva in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Someshvara.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse stresses purification from Kali-born faults as the prerequisite.