Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
निद्रा तंद्रा तथाऽलस्यं पैशुन्यमिति ते दश । एते रक्षंति सततं सोमेशं तीर्थनायकम्
nidrā taṃdrā tathā'lasyaṃ paiśunyamiti te daśa | ete rakṣaṃti satataṃ someśaṃ tīrthanāyakam
نیند، اونگھ اور سستی، اور بدگوئی—یوں یہ دس پورے ہوتے ہیں۔ یہ ہمیشہ سومیش، تیرتھ کے نایک کی ‘پہرہ داری’ کرتے رہتے ہیں۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Someśa (tīrtha-nāyaka) at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Scene: At the gateway of Someśa’s shrine stand ten symbolic sentinels—Sleep, Drowsiness, Sloth, Slander, and the earlier vices—subtly restraining an inattentive pilgrim, while a disciplined devotee passes with lamp and mantra.
FAQs
Inner dullness and harmful speech become ‘gatekeepers’ that prevent a seeker from approaching the holy.
Prabhāsa-tīrtha under the lordship of Someśvara (Someśa).
No explicit rite; the implied instruction is to overcome these hindrances to reach and worship at the tīrtha.