Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
विद्युन्माली तारकाख्यः कपोलाख्यस्तथैव च । तैश्च प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं दृष्ट्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते
vidyunmālī tārakākhyaḥ kapolākhyastathaiva ca | taiśca pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
维迪云玛利、名为塔罗迦者，以及名为迦波罗者——他们在彼处建立了林伽；凡瞻礼此林伽者，皆得脱离诸罪。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Tripura-liṅga (liṅga established by Vidyunmālī, Tāraka, Kapola)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Three named Tripura figures are recalled as having established a liṅga; the present pilgrim beholds the liṅga and is symbolically unburdened—darkness lifting into clarity.
FAQs
Darśana of a sanctified Śiva-liṅga in a famed kṣetra is taught as a direct purifier that cuts down accumulated sin.
The verse belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, pointing to Prabhāsa (Prabhas Patan/Somnath region) as the sacred setting.
No detailed rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is simply beholding (darśana) of the liṅga established by these figures.