Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
पुरा द्वापरसंधौ तु संप्राप्ते च कलौ युगे । स्त्रियो म्लेच्छाश्च शूद्राश्च ये चान्ये पापकारिणः । प्रयांति स्वर्गमेवाशु दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं प्रभुम्
purā dvāparasaṃdhau tu saṃprāpte ca kalau yuge | striyo mlecchāśca śūdrāśca ye cānye pāpakāriṇaḥ | prayāṃti svargamevāśu dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ prabhum
Thuở xưa, vào thời điểm giao nhau của Dvāpara khi kỷ nguyên Kali đã đến, phụ nữ, mleccha, śūdra và những kẻ khác tạo nghiệp tội—chỉ cần chiêm bái Đức Chúa Someśvara—liền mau chóng được lên cõi trời.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Scene: At the sea-edge Prabhāsa, pilgrims of every station—women, śūdras, foreigners, and penitents—stand before the radiant Someśvara liṅga; a sudden shaft of light signifies instant uplift to svarga.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as radically accessible: sincere darśana of Someśvara overrides the burden of sin and social limitation.
Prabhāsakṣetra—through the specific glorification of Lord Someśvara (Somnātha) and the fruit of his darśana.
Darśana (beholding) of Someśvara is presented as the central salvific act; no additional rite is specified in this verse.