Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सर्वलोकहितार्थतः । सप्तकृत्वो महादेवं सोमेशं कपिलेश्वरम् । यः पश्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स गोदानफलं लभेत्
śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ | saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram | yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet
شُکل پکش کی چودھویں تِتھی کو، سب جہانوں کی بھلائی کے لیے، جو شخص ضبط و طہارت کے ساتھ مہادیو سومیش اور کپلِیشور کے سات بار درشن کرے، وہ گائے کے دان کے برابر ثواب پاتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra); Someśa/Somnātha darśana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (implied by adjacent verses’ address style)
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim at Prabhāsa on bright fortnight caturdaśī, moving in a sevenfold circuit between two Śiva shrines—Someśa and Kapileśvara—offering water, bilva leaves, and prostrations, with the sea-breeze and temple flags in the background.
FAQs
Time (tithi) + disciplined darśana at a tīrtha multiplies merit and channels it toward universal welfare.
Kapileśvara (also called Someśa/Mahādeva) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
On bright-fortnight caturdaśī, perform disciplined darśana of Kapileśvara seven times to gain godāna-equivalent merit.