Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात् । सोमपर्वणि संप्राप्ते यस्तत्र शुचिरात्मवान्
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tasya liṃgasya darśanāt | somaparvaṇi saṃprāpte yastatra śucirātmavān
اس مقدس لِنگ کے محض درشن سے ہی وہی پھل حاصل ہو جاتا ہے۔ جب سوم پَروَن (قمری مقدس ورت) آ پہنچے تو جو وہاں پاکیزگی اور ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ ٹھہرے، وہ اسی پُنّیہ کا حق دار بنتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Liṅga (Somnātha/Prabhāsa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A 'priye'-addressed interlocutor implied by surrounding verses (beloved/consort figure)
Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands beholds the radiant liṅga; the atmosphere suggests a lunar festival (Soma-parvan) with lamps, white offerings, and disciplined ascetics staying nearby.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is not only ritual—pure conduct and self-restraint, joined with darśana of the Liṅga, quickly yields the promised spiritual fruit.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), where the praised Liṅga is to be visited.
Observing Soma-parvan with śauca (purity) and disciplined presence at the kṣetra, centered on Liṅga-darśana.