ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शांडिल्येश्वरमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मणः पश्चिमे भागे धनुषां षोडशांतरे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śāṃḍilyeśvaramuttamam | brahmaṇaḥ paścime bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśāṃtare
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—હે મહાદેવી! ત્યારબાદ પરમ ઉત્તમ શાંડિલ્યેશ્વર પાસે જાવ. તે બ્રહ્માના સ્થાનના પશ્ચિમ ભાગે, સોળ ધનુષ જેટલા અંતરે સ્થિત છે.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śāṇḍilyeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route; a stylized sacred map appears as temples aligned by cardinal directions; a small shrine labeled ‘Brahmā’ and, to its west, the Śāṇḍilyeśvara liṅga; pilgrims walk with waterpots.
Pilgrimage is presented as a disciplined, purposeful movement through sacred geography, guided by revealed directions to holy liṅgas.
Śāṇḍilyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, located west of the Brahmā shrine.
The instruction is to go/visit (darśana-yātrā) Śāṇḍilyeśvara; no specific dāna/snānā/japa is stated in this verse.
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