Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लक्ष्मणेश्वरमुत्तमम् । रामेशात्पूर्वदिग्भागे धनुस्त्रिंशकसंस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi lakṣmaṇeśvaramuttamam | rāmeśātpūrvadigbhāge dhanustriṃśakasaṃsthitam
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—હે મહાદેવી, ત્યારબાદ રામેશ્વરથી પૂર્વ દિશામાં ત્રીસ ધનુષ જેટલા અંતરે સ્થિત ઉત્તમ લક્ષ્મણેશ્વર પાસે જવું જોઈએ.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇeśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī / Devī
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī like a guide, pointing eastward from the Rāmeśvara shrine toward Lakṣmaṇeśvara; pilgrims walk a short measured distance through sacred precincts.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as a disciplined journey through a sacred landscape, where specific shrines are approached in prescribed sequence.
Lakṣmaṇeśvara, described as near Rāmeśvara, specifically to its east.
The prescription is directional and practical: “one should go” (gacchet) to Lakṣmaṇeśvara as part of the tīrtha itinerary.