Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
मोहनं तदभक्तानां भक्तानां बुद्धिवर्द्धनम् । मूढास्ते नैव पश्यंति स्वरूपं मम मोहिताः
mohanaṃ tadabhaktānāṃ bhaktānāṃ buddhivarddhanam | mūḍhāste naiva paśyaṃti svarūpaṃ mama mohitāḥ
یہ بے عبادتوں کو حیرت و فریب میں ڈال دیتا ہے، مگر بھکتوں کی سمجھ بڑھاتا ہے۔ وہ گمراہ احمق میرے حقیقی سوروپ کو ہرگز نہیں دیکھتے، کیونکہ وہ مایا کے زیرِ اثر ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A contrast tableau: devotees with folded hands receive luminous insight from the liṅga’s radiance, while skeptical onlookers remain in shadow, unable to perceive Śiva’s true form; Śiva’s presence is suggested as light itself.
FAQs
Bhakti clarifies perception and matures wisdom, while lack of devotion leaves one trapped in moha, unable to recognize the Divine.
Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as part of Somnātha’s māhātmya teaching discourse.
No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is devotion (bhakti) as the means to right understanding.