Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि भैरवेश्वरमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य ईशाने स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । चतुर्वक्त्रं महादेवं संस्थितं तीर्थरक्षणे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam | brahmakuṇḍasya īśāne sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | caturvaktraṃ mahādevaṃ saṃsthitaṃ tīrtharakṣaṇe
Īśvara sprach: Dann, o Mahādevī, soll man zum erhabenen Bhairaveśvara gehen, der nordöstlich von Brahmakuṇḍa weilt, dem Vernichter der Sünden: der viergesichtige Mahādeva, dort eingesetzt, um die heilige Tīrtha zu behüten.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (context) and Bhairaveśvara (associated shrine)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī: a four-faced Mahādeva as Bhairaveśvara stands in the northeast of a sacred pond (Brahmakuṇḍa), holding a protective stance over the tirtha; pilgrims approach with folded hands.
FAQs
Sacred geography is purposeful: specific forms of Śiva are installed to protect tīrthas and to remove sin from pilgrims.
Bhairaveśvara located in the Īśāna (northeast) of Brahmakuṇḍa within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Pilgrimage instruction: one should go (gacchet) to Bhairaveśvara as part of tīrtha-darśana.