Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं शूलेश्वरी देवी कथं शूलेश्वरो हरः । प्रथितो नर्मदातीरे एतद्विस्तरतो वद
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ śūleśvarī devī kathaṃ śūleśvaro haraḥ | prathito narmadātīre etadvistarato vada
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: Bagaimanakah Dewi termasyhur sebagai Śūleśvarī, dan bagaimanakah Hara (Śiva) termasyhur sebagai Śūleśvara di tepi Sungai Narmadā? Mohon jelaskan kepadaku dengan rinci.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Śūleśvara–Śūleśvarī (Revā-taṭa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully before sage Mārkaṇḍeya on a riverbank setting, asks about the paired deities Śūleśvarī and Śūleśvara famed on the Narmadā.
FAQs
Sacred geography is understood through sacred story: names of deities at a place encode the site’s mythic and spiritual significance.
The Narmadā-tīra context of Śūla-tīrtha/Bhadrakālī-saṅgama, associated with Śūleśvara and Śūleśvarī.
None directly; it is an inquiry requesting the detailed legend behind the deity-names at the tīrtha.