Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
इन्द्रेण च पुरा देवि इष्टं विपुलदक्षिणैः । तत्र वर्षसहस्राणि संस्थाप्य शिवमीश्वरम् । इन्द्रेश्वरेति नाम्ना वै सर्वपातक नाशनम्
indreṇa ca purā devi iṣṭaṃ vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ | tatra varṣasahasrāṇi saṃsthāpya śivamīśvaram | indreśvareti nāmnā vai sarvapātaka nāśanam
ಮತ್ತು, ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದ್ರನು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪಾರ ದಕ್ಷಿಣೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಯಜ್ಞ-ಪೂಜೆ ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದನು. ಸಾವಿರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಈಶ್ವರ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ, ಅವರು ‘ಇಂದ್ರೇಶ್ವರ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾದರು—ಸರ್ವಪಾತಕನಾಶಕರು.
Unspecified in snippet (addressing Devī; narrative core of Indreśvara-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Indreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Indra performs grand worship before a newly established Śiva-liṅga; heaps of gifts and dakṣiṇā are arranged; the liṅga radiates, and the name ‘Indreśvara’ is proclaimed as sins dissolve.
FAQs
Devotion joined with generosity (dakṣiṇā/dāna) and Śiva-upāsanā at a holy site becomes a powerful means of purification and uplift.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the shrine of Śiva known as Indreśvara connected to the Candrodaka/Candratīrtha context.
Śiva installation (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā), worship (iṣṭi/arcana), and giving abundant dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts).