Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवीं सौभाग्यकारिणीम् । कुण्डेश्वरीति विख्यातां पुष्कराद्वायुगोचरे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devīṃ saubhāgyakāriṇīm | kuṇḍeśvarīti vikhyātāṃ puṣkarādvāyugocare
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—હે મહાદેવી! ત્યારબાદ સૌભાગ્ય આપનારી, ‘કુંડેશ્વરી’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ દેવીએ ત્યાં જવું જોઈએ; તે પુષ્કરથી વાયુ-દિશાની તરફ સ્થિત છે।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kuṇḍeśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward a coastal sacred landscape; a small shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī appears amid trees and a nearby kuṇḍa, with pilgrims walking in the indicated direction.
FAQs
Sacred geography links Śiva and Devī sites—approaching the Goddess with reverence is taught as a means to auspiciousness and well-being.
Kuṇḍeśvarī Devī, located near Puṣkara/Puṣkareśvara within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra sacred landscape.
A yātrā instruction: one should proceed to the shrine of Kuṇḍeśvarī.