Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तुष्टश्चाहं ततस्तस्य वराणां च शतं ददौ । अद्यापि तत्र देवेशि यमेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । यमद्वितीयायां दृष्ट्वा यमलोकं न पश्यति
tuṣṭaścāhaṃ tatastasya varāṇāṃ ca śataṃ dadau | adyāpi tatra deveśi yameśvaramiti śrutam | yamadvitīyāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā yamalokaṃ na paśyati
我心欢喜，遂赐予他一百种恩愿。直到今日，噢诸天之主母，那地方仍以“阎摩自在天”（Yameśvara）之名闻于世。并且，若在阎摩第二日（Yamadvitīyā）得见彼主，便不再见阎摩之界。
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Yameśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva, radiant and tranquil, grants a cascade of boons to the tapasvin Yama before the Prabhāsa liṅga; the shrine is labeled ‘Yameśvara’. Pilgrims arrive on Yamadvitīyā with lamps and offerings, symbolically turning away from Yamaloka’s gates.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace at a tīrtha transforms destiny: sincere worship culminates in boons and in protection from fear of death and Yama’s jurisdiction.
Yameśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, a named sacred spot whose renown is tied to Yama’s devotion and Śiva’s boon.
Darśana of Yameśvara specifically on Yamadvitīyā, stated to confer the fruit of not seeing (i.e., not going to) Yamaloka.