Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततोगच्छेन्महादेवि देवं चाऽनरकेश्वरम् । तस्मादुत्तरदिग्भागे सर्वपातकनाशनम् । तन्माहात्म्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु ह्येकमनाः प्रिये
īśvara uvāca | tatogacchenmahādevi devaṃ cā'narakeśvaram | tasmāduttaradigbhāge sarvapātakanāśanam | tanmāhātmyaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu hyekamanāḥ priye
イーシュヴァラは言った。「それから、偉大なる女神よ、アナラケーシュヴァラの神のもとへ赴くがよい。その地の北方には、あらゆる罪を滅する聖地がある。今、その大いなる功徳を説き明かそう—愛しき者よ、一心に聴け。」
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Anarakeśvara (and northern sarva-pātaka-nāśana site)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) addresses Devī intimately, pointing the way: ‘Go next to Anarakeśvara; north of it lies a place that destroys all sins’; the scene suggests a sacred map unfolding through divine speech.
FAQs
Sacred travel (tīrtha-yātrā) guided by devotion and focused listening is presented as a path to purification and merit.
Anarakeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, and additionally a northern spot described as ‘destroyer of all sins’.
The instruction is to go/visit (gacchet) Anarakeśvara and to attend to the māhātmya with one-pointed mind; no specific dāna or vrata is detailed in this verse.