Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
अथवा गडुगंडादि व्याधिं चैव समुत्सृजेत् । तैर्ग्रस्तः पुरुषो मोहान्न पश्यति ततो हरम्
athavā gaḍugaṃḍādi vyādhiṃ caiva samutsṛjet | tairgrastaḥ puruṣo mohānna paśyati tato haram
یا پھر گلگنڈ اور سوجن جیسی بیماریوں میں مبتلا ہو جاتا ہے؛ ان سے گھرا ہوا انسان موہ کے سبب وہاں ہَر (شیو) کا درشن نہیں کرتا۔
Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing Devī as 'deveśi/mahādevi' in the surrounding verses)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī / Deveśī (addressed in adjacent verse)
Scene: A devotee weakened by swelling/illness sits near the shrine steps; attendants offer water and bilva leaves; the liṅga shines steadily, suggesting grace available despite bodily suffering; the ‘moha’ is shown as a dim cloud around the head.
FAQs
Physical and mental afflictions can become a veil of moha (delusion) that blocks darśana—true perception of Śiva; hence one should remove obstacles before pilgrimage-worship.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where one may behold Hara (Śiva) when obstacles are cleared.
No direct ritual is stated here; it warns of vighnas (obstacles) like disease that hinder darśana, implying the need for protective worship in the surrounding context.