Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
प्रथमे प्रथमे यामे महास्ना नमतः परम् । मध्याह्ने देवदेवस्य ये प्रपश्यन्ति मानवाः । संध्यामारार्तिकं भूयो न जायन्ते च मानुषाः
prathame prathame yāme mahāsnā namataḥ param | madhyāhne devadevasya ye prapaśyanti mānavāḥ | saṃdhyāmārārtikaṃ bhūyo na jāyante ca mānuṣāḥ
ہر پہلے پہر میں جو مہاسنان کر کے پرم نمسکار کرتے ہیں، جو دوپہر میں دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا کے درشن کرتے ہیں، اور پھر شام کی آرتی بھی دیکھتے ہیں—وہ دوبارہ انسان کے طور پر جنم نہیں لیتے۔
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Somanātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A triptych-like day cycle at Somanātha: dawn—pilgrims after a great bath bowing; noon—bright sanctum darśana of the liṅga; dusk—lamps circling in ārati with gathered devotees, the sea breeze carrying bell tones.
FAQs
Regular, time-marked temple worship (snāna, namaskāra, darśana, ārati) is portrayed as a direct path toward liberation from rebirth.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s worship of Devadeva/Someśvara (Somanātha).
Participating in the great bath (mahāsnāna), bowing (namaskāra), midday darśana, and evening ārati.