Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
उद्धरेत्पितृवर्गं च मातृवर्गं च भामिनि । बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्धक्ये यौवनेऽपि वा
uddharetpitṛvargaṃ ca mātṛvargaṃ ca bhāmini | bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārdhakye yauvane'pi vā
โอ้สตรีผู้ผ่องงาม เขาย่อมยกขึ้นซึ่งวงศ์บรรพชนฝ่ายบิดาและฝ่ายมารดา และบาปใดที่ได้กระทำไว้ในวัยเด็ก ในวัยหนุ่มสาว หรือแม้ในวัยชรา—
Śiva (addressing Devī; inferred from 'bhāmini' and immediate Devī dialogue in next chapter)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnath)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāminī (addressed)
Scene: A devotee prays at Someśvara; behind him appear two ancestral lines—paternal and maternal—rising from shadow into light, suggesting uplift; the devotee’s life stages (childhood, youth, old age) are shown as faint vignettes of past errors dissolving.
FAQs
True tīrtha-merit is not merely personal; it radiates to one’s ancestral lines and addresses karmic burdens across one’s whole lifespan.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of Someśvara’s worship and its trans-generational merit.
Implicitly, the worship/darśana of Someśvara (as described in the surrounding verses) as a means of uplift and purification.