Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामि देवेशि भक्तानुग्रहकारकः । सर्वं च दुष्कृतं नृणां भक्षयामि न संशयः
tasmiṃstiṣṭhāmi deveśi bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ | sarvaṃ ca duṣkṛtaṃ nṛṇāṃ bhakṣayāmi na saṃśayaḥ
اے دیویشری! میں وہاں بھکتوں پر کرپا کرنے والا بن کر ٹھہرتا ہوں؛ اور انسانوں کے سب بداعمال میں نگل لیتا ہوں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī: seated in a luminous kṣetra, he gestures in assurance while dark scroll-like ‘sins’ are shown being consumed in a flame of consciousness; devotees stand protected below.
FAQs
Bhakti draws Śiva’s grace, and the tīrtha becomes a place of karmic cleansing when approached with devotion.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, where Śiva abides as Someśvara/Bhairava.
Devotional approach (bhakti) and darśana are implied as the means by which sins are destroyed.