Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि मंगलात्पश्चिमे व्रजेत् । तत्र सिद्धेश्वरं पश्येत्सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्
īśvara uvāca | adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi maṃgalātpaścime vrajet | tatra siddheśvaraṃ paśyetsarvasiddhipradāyakam
Īśvara sprach: Nun will ich den Weg darlegen. Von Maṅgala soll man westwärts ziehen; dort schaue man Siddheśvara, den Spender aller Vollkommenheiten.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva as narrator indicates a westward path from a place called Maṅgala; pilgrims traverse a coastal plain toward a temple where a radiant liṅga ‘Siddheśvara’ stands; subtle aura suggests ‘siddhi’ descending on devotees.
FAQs
Pilgrimage (yātrā) is presented as a guided, sacred geography where darśana of Śiva at specific sites yields spiritual attainments.
Siddheśvara (a Śiva site) west of Maṅgala, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra circuit.
Vrajet/paśyet—go to the site and take darśana (visit and behold) as part of the yātrā sequence.