Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अत्र स्थितमिदं लिंगं योऽस्माकं पूजयिष्यति । स नूनं मे गणो भूत्वा मत्सकाशमुपेष्यति
atra sthitamidaṃ liṃgaṃ yo'smākaṃ pūjayiṣyati | sa nūnaṃ me gaṇo bhūtvā matsakāśamupeṣyati
“Ai sẽ thờ phụng Liṅga này, được an lập tại đây như của chúng ta, người ấy ắt sẽ trở thành một gaṇa của ta và đến trước thánh nhan ta.”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (specific name not given in verse)
Type: temple
Listener: The devotee lady (and, by extension, future pilgrims)
Scene: Śiva indicates a liṅga ‘established here’ and declares its worshippers will become his gaṇas and attain his presence; the liṅga shrine becomes the visual center, with Śiva’s gesture sanctifying it.
FAQs
Devotional worship (pūjā) leads to intimate belonging with Śiva—service, proximity, and liberation-oriented grace.
The liṅga established ‘here’ in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, identified in the chapter as Paulomīśvara.
Pūjā (worship) of the liṅga; the stated fruit is attaining Śiva’s gaṇa-status and nearness.
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