Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
मूलस्थानश्च वै सूर्य्य इन्द्रेशश्च महेश्वरः । देवी कण्ठेश्वरीनाम क्षेत्रपालश्च खञ्जनः
mūlasthānaśca vai sūryya indreśaśca maheśvaraḥ | devī kaṇṭheśvarīnāma kṣetrapālaśca khañjanaḥ
À Mūlasthāna se tient Sūrya ; et Indreśa est Maheśvara. Là se trouve la Déesse nommée Kaṇṭheśvarī, et le gardien du lieu sacré (kṣetrapāla) est Khañjana.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Mūlasthāna (Dvārakā)
Type: temple
Scene: A shrine-complex vignette: at the ‘Mūlasthāna’ a radiant Sūrya icon, a liṅga titled Indreśa (Maheśvara), the goddess Kaṇṭheśvarī, and the vigilant kṣetrapāla Khañjana at the threshold.
FAQs
A tīrtha is protected and empowered by a complete sacred ecology—deities, the Devī, and kṣetrapālas—so worship should be done with reverence to the whole precinct.
Dvārakā and its internal sacred spot called Mūlasthāna, as mapped in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse identifies the presiding deities and the kṣetrapāla to be honored as part of proper tīrtha-worship.