Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
लिंगं महाप्रभावं हि दर्शनात्पापनाशनम् । पूर्वे युगे तु संख्यातं गणेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्
liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi darśanātpāpanāśanam | pūrve yuge tu saṃkhyātaṃ gaṇeśvaramiti śrutam
یہ لِنگ بے حد عظیم تاثیر والا ہے؛ محض اس کے درشن سے پاپ نَشٹ ہو جاتے ہیں۔ پُورْو یُگ میں یہ—جیسا کہ سنا جاتا ہے—‘گنیشور’ کے نام سے معروف تھا۔
Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred from 'devi' in the immediate context)
Tirtha: Yogeśvara (formerly Gaṇeśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: The Yogeśvara liṅga radiates power; pilgrims behold it with folded hands, while an inscriptional aura hints at its older name ‘Gaṇeśvara’.
FAQs
Darśana (reverent visitation) of a Mahādeva-liṅga at a sacred kṣetra can itself become a powerful purifier of pāpa.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) is being praised through the greatness of its liṅga.
No detailed rite is given here; the stated practice is darśana—seeing the liṅga with faith.