Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सिद्धेश्वरमिति स्मृतम् । अर्कस्थलात्तथाऽग्नेय्यां नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi siddheśvaramiti smṛtam | arkasthalāttathā'gneyyāṃ nātidūre vyavasthitam
Īśvara dit : Alors, ô Grande Déesse, qu’on se rende au sanctuaire nommé Siddheśvara, établi non loin, au sud-est d’Arkasthala.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks to Pārvatī, pointing toward the southeast; a small map-like landscape shows Arkasthala behind and a Śiva-liṅga shrine labeled Siddheśvara ahead, with pilgrims beginning their walk.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as a guided sacred geography—moving from one empowered Śaiva site to another as part of dharmic tīrtha-yātrā.
Siddheśvara, a Śiva-liṅga site near Arkasthala in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
A directional instruction for pilgrimage: proceed from Arkasthala to Siddheśvara in the southeast.