Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि रत्नेश्वरमनुत्तमम् । तत्र तप्त्वा तपो देवि विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । स्थापितं तत्र तल्लिंगं सर्वकामप्रदं प्रिये
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi ratneśvaramanuttamam | tatra taptvā tapo devi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | sthāpitaṃ tatra talliṃgaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ priye
ईश्वर बोले—हे महादेवी, तत्पश्चात् अनुपम रत्नेश्वर के दर्शन को जाना चाहिए। हे देवी, वहाँ तप करके प्रभविष्णु विष्णु ने उस लिङ्ग की स्थापना की; हे प्रिये, वह सब कामनाएँ पूर्ण करने वाला है।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ratneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed to Ratneśvara; in a flashback-like vignette, Viṣṇu performs austerities and installs a radiant liṅga, the shrine shimmering like a jewel (ratna).
FAQs
Sacred geography teaches that tapas and tīrtha-yātrā culminate in grace; Ratneśvara is praised as a complete bestower of righteous desires.
Ratneśvara (and its associated locale in Prabhāsa Kṣetra), introduced as an anuttama destination.
The prescription is pilgrimage: ‘one should go’ to Ratneśvara; the verse also highlights tapas as the sanctifying backdrop.