Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
पूजयेद्देवमीशानं स दैन्यं नाप्नुयात्क्वचित् । सर्वशोकविनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गलोके महीयते
pūjayeddevamīśānaṃ sa dainyaṃ nāpnuyātkvacit | sarvaśokavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate
ผู้ใดบูชาพระอีศานะด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ตกสู่ความอัตคัดเลย เมื่อพ้นจากโศกทั้งปวงแล้ว ย่อมได้รับการสรรเสริญในสวรรค์โลก
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Vāsaveśvara (Īśāna-arcana focus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha/Kaunteya (Arjuna)
Scene: A pilgrim, humble and sorrow-worn, worships Īśāna with bilva leaves and a water-pot; the atmosphere shifts to serenity as a radiant, ash-smeared Śiva bestows reassurance; a subtle vision of svarga honors follows.
FAQs
Devotion to Īśāna is depicted as a protector from poverty of spirit and a remover of grief.
The continuing context is Vāsava-tīrtha, where Śiva worship yields these fruits.
Śiva worship (Īśāna-pūjā) as the core practice, with promised spiritual and heavenly results.