Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सर्वलोकहितार्थतः । सप्तकृत्वो महादेवं सोमेशं कपिलेश्वरम् । यः पश्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स गोदानफलं लभेत्
śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ | saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram | yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet
சுக்லபக்ஷத்தின் சதுர்தசி நாளில், எல்லா உலகங்களின் நலனுக்காக, ஒழுக்கத்துடன் மகாதேவன் சோமேசன் கபிலேஸ்வரனை ஏழுமுறை தரிசிப்பவன், கோதானத்திற்குச் சமமான புண்ணியப் பயனை அடைவான்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra); Someśa/Somnātha darśana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (implied by adjacent verses’ address style)
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim at Prabhāsa on bright fortnight caturdaśī, moving in a sevenfold circuit between two Śiva shrines—Someśa and Kapileśvara—offering water, bilva leaves, and prostrations, with the sea-breeze and temple flags in the background.
FAQs
Time (tithi) + disciplined darśana at a tīrtha multiplies merit and channels it toward universal welfare.
Kapileśvara (also called Someśa/Mahādeva) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
On bright-fortnight caturdaśī, perform disciplined darśana of Kapileśvara seven times to gain godāna-equivalent merit.