Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
शिवलोकमवाप्नोति भावितेनांतरात्मना । तन्नैरृते च शूलेशो द्रष्टव्यश्च प्रयत्नतः
śivalokamavāpnoti bhāvitenāṃtarātmanā | tannairṛte ca śūleśo draṣṭavyaśca prayatnataḥ
He attains Śiva’s world, his inner self cultivated in devotion and purified. To the southwest of that, Śūleśa too should be beheld with earnest effort.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Śūleśa / Śūleśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands, mind inwardly composed, walks through Kāśī lanes toward a Śiva shrine marked by a trident emblem; the southwest direction is subtly indicated by the sun’s angle and cityscape.
FAQs
Outer pilgrimage bears full fruit when paired with inner cultivation; together they lead toward Śiva’s realm.
Śūleśa, located to the southwest in the described Kāśī sacred layout.
Darśana: an instruction to intentionally visit and see Śūleśa.