ईश्वर उवाच । धनुषामष्टभिस्तस्मादीशाने कश्यपेश्वरात् । कौशकेश्वरनामानं महापातकनाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | dhanuṣāmaṣṭabhistasmādīśāne kaśyapeśvarāt | kauśakeśvaranāmānaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—કશ્યપેશ્વરથી ઈશાન દિશામાં આઠ ધનુષ જેટલા અંતરે ‘કૌશિકેશ્વર’ નામનું લિંગ સ્થિત છે; તે મહાપાતકોનો નાશ કરનાર છે.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kauśikeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the Prabhāsa pilgrimage map: from Kaśyapeśvara, eight dhanu to the northeast lies the Kauśikeśvara liṅga, radiant and purifying, set amid coastal sacred groves and pilgrims moving in procession.
The kṣetra is mapped as a living sacred landscape where approaching specific Śiva-liṅgas grants purification from grave sins.
Kauśikeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
A pilgrimage instruction (go/locate the shrine) is implied; no detailed rite is stated in this verse.
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