Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तस्य दक्षिणतः स्थितम् । ईशाने लक्ष्मणेशाच्च धनुषां षोडशे प्रिये
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tasya dakṣiṇataḥ sthitam | īśāne lakṣmaṇeśācca dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśe priye
قال الإيشڤرا: ثمّ، يا مهاديفي، ينبغي للمرء أن يمضي إلى ذلك المعبد القائم إلى جنوبه—يا حبيبة—على بُعد ستةَ عشرَ طولَ قوسٍ من لَكشْمَنِيشا، في جهة إيشانا، أي الشمال الشرقي.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇeśa (landmark) and the unnamed shrine south of it (next stop in 161.1)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī / Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim map-like scene: Lakṣmaṇeśa shrine as a landmark; a path leading sixteen dhanus to the next shrine to the south; compass-like directional markers (īśāna, dakṣiṇa) overlay the sacred precinct.
FAQs
The māhātmya treats pilgrimage as a precise sacred itinerary, where direction and measure preserve the lived sacred landscape.
The next shrine in sequence (contextually Ananteśvara), located with reference to Lakṣmaṇeśa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
A directive to proceed to a specifically located shrine; no detailed ritual beyond the pilgrimage movement is stated.