Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अथ देवकुलात्पूर्वे पंचगव्यूतिमात्रतः । शंबरस्थान मध्ये तु क्षेमादित्येति विश्रुतः
īśvara uvāca | atha devakulātpūrve paṃcagavyūtimātrataḥ | śaṃbarasthāna madhye tu kṣemādityeti viśrutaḥ
Īśvara sprach: Als Nächstes, östlich von Devakula, in einer Entfernung von fünf Gavyūtis, befindet sich inmitten des Ortes namens Śambara (ein Heiligtum), das als Kṣemāditya berühmt ist.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kṣemāditya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim party departing Devakula, walking east across a sacred landscape toward Śambara-sthāna; ahead stands a radiant Āditya shrine labeled Kṣemāditya, with sun-rays and a small temple spire.
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The Purāṇa maps holiness onto landscape, teaching that divine presence is encountered through purposeful pilgrimage.
Kṣemāditya, situated near Devakula within the Śambara-sthāna region of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A directional pilgrimage instruction specifying where Kṣemāditya is located (east of Devakula, five gavyūtis away).