Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र विमलेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तत्र देवशिला रम्या स्वयं देवैर्विनिर्मिता
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra vimaleśvaramuttamam | tatra devaśilā ramyā svayaṃ devairvinirmitā
قال شري ماركاندييا: «ثمّ، يا ملك الملوك، ينبغي أن يُقصد المعبد الأسمى لفيماليشڤارا. وهناك صخرةٌ/مذبحٌ إلهيٌّ جميل يُدعى ديفا-شيلا، صنعته الآلهة بأيديها».
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Vimaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king to proceed to Vimaleśvara; the shrine appears on a riverbank with a radiant Deva-śilā, celestial artisans implied in the background.
FAQs
Seek purity and merit through pilgrimage to a sanctified Śaiva site established by divine ordinance.
Vimaleśvara and the associated Devaśilā at that tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
A direct injunction to undertake tīrtha-yātrā—‘one should go’ to Vimaleśvara.