Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
चण्डोनाम गणो देवि तेन चाराधितं पुरा । दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु तेन चण्डेश्वरं स्मृतम्
caṇḍonāma gaṇo devi tena cārādhitaṃ purā | divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ tu tena caṇḍeśvaraṃ smṛtam
দেবি, পূর্বকালে ‘চণ্ড’ নামে এক গণ এই স্থানে আরাধনা করেছিল। তারই প্রভাবে সহস্র দিব্য বর্ষ পর্যন্ত এটি ‘চণ্ডেশ্বর’ নামে স্মৃত ছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Caṇḍeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A fierce yet devoted gaṇa named Caṇḍa performs prolonged worship before a radiant liṅga; the place becomes known as Caṇḍeśvara, with celestial time (divyābdas) indicated by cosmic motifs.
FAQs
Sacred names are rooted in exemplary worship; devotion leaves a lasting imprint on a place’s identity.
Bhairaveśvara, remembered in earlier tradition as Caṇḍeśvara, in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No new prescription; it records a precedent of ārādhana (propitiatory worship) by the gaṇa Caṇḍa.