Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
इन्द्रेश्वरश्च तत्रैव रैवतः पर्वतस्तथा । उज्जयंतश्च तत्रैव देवः कुम्भीश्वरः स्मृतः
indreśvaraśca tatraiva raivataḥ parvatastathā | ujjayaṃtaśca tatraiva devaḥ kumbhīśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ
সেখানেই ইন্দ্রেশ্বরের তীর্থ আছে; তদ্রূপ রৈবত পর্বতও। সেখানেই উজ্জয়ন্ত; এবং সেই স্থানেই দেবতা ‘কুম্ভীশ্বর’ নামে স্মৃত।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Indreśvara; Kumbhīśvara; Raivata/Ujjayanta-parvata-darśana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (implied continuation)
Scene: A panoramic sacred map: two Śiva shrines (Indreśvara, Kumbhīśvara) in the foreground, with the twin mountain presences Raivata and Ujjayanta rising behind, pilgrims pointing toward peaks.
FAQs
Sacred places are mapped through divine names; remembering and visiting such Śiva-sites is itself a dharmic act that aligns one with tīrtha-merit.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, highlighting Indreśvara and Kumbhīśvara along with the holy eminences Raivata and Ujjayanta.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it primarily enumerates the sacred landmarks and deities of the kṣetra.
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