Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं वैवस्वतेश्वरम् । देव्या दक्षिणदिग्भागे धनुस्त्रिंशकसंस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ vaivasvateśvaram | devyā dakṣiṇadigbhāge dhanustriṃśakasaṃsthitam
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—હે મહાદેવી! ત્યારબાદ વૈવસ્વતેશ્વર નામના લિંગ પાસે જવું જોઈએ; તે દેવીએ વસેલા સ્થાનના દક્ષિણ દિશાભાગમાં, ત્રીસ ધનુષ્ય જેટલા અંતરે સ્થિત છે।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Vaivasvateśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (the Goddess)
Scene: Īśvara instructs the Great Goddess about the next stop in the Prabhāsa circuit: the Vaivasvateśvara liṅga, located south of the Devī’s quarter, thirty bow-lengths away; the scene can show a sacred map-like procession between shrines.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as a guided movement through sacred space, where direction and proximity become part of devotional practice.
The Vaivasvateśvara liṅga within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa).
A pilgrimage instruction: proceed to Vaivasvateśvara, identified by its southern location and measured distance.