Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । गौतमेश्वरतो देवि पश्चिमे नातिदूरतः । धनुःषोडशभिर्देवि देवराजेश्वरः स्थितः
īśvara uvāca | gautameśvarato devi paścime nātidūrataḥ | dhanuḥṣoḍaśabhirdevi devarājeśvaraḥ sthitaḥ
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Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Devarājeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī, pointing west from a liṅga labeled ‘Gautameśvara’; a second shrine labeled ‘Devarājeśvara’ appears at a short distance, with pilgrims walking between.
FAQs
Sacred places are mapped as living dharma-geography; knowing and approaching them with faith supports devotion and merit.
Devarājeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described in relation to the nearby Gautameśvara.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse provides directional-location guidance for pilgrimage.