Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
रुद्र उवाच । इंद्रेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यं कथयिष्ये शृणुष्व तत् । ईशानकोणे विख्यातं भवस्य विदितं मम
rudra uvāca | iṃdreśvarasya māhātmyaṃ kathayiṣye śṛṇuṣva tat | īśānakoṇe vikhyātaṃ bhavasya viditaṃ mama
Rudra sprach: „Ich will die Größe Indreśvaras verkünden—höre sie. Im Nordosten ist sie berühmt, und sie ist mir und Bhava (Śiva) wohlbekannt.“
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Indreśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Vāmana (implied by immediate continuation)
Scene: Rudra speaks as an authoritative narrator, announcing he will reveal Indreśvara’s greatness; the setting suggests a sacred assembly with Vāmana and sages, oriented toward the northeastern shrine.
FAQs
Sacred space is mapped by divine directions; the Īśāna (northeast) quarter is especially linked with Śiva’s auspicious presence.
Indreśvara, a Śiva manifestation renowned in the northeastern quarter of the Vastrāpathakṣetra sacred landscape.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse introduces a māhātmya narration that typically supports darśana and worship of the shrine.