Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि गंधर्वेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तस्यैवोत्तरदिग्भागे धनुषां पंचके स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi gaṃdharveśvaramuttamam | tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ paṃcake sthitam
ಈಶ್ವರನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ನಂತರ, ಹೇ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಗಂಧರ್ವೇಶ್ವರನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಅದು ಅದೇ ಸ್ಥಳದ ಉತ್ತರ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಐದು ಧನುಸ್ಸಿನ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gaṃdharveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on the next stop: a pilgrim’s map-like scene showing Siddheśvara behind and Gaṃdharveśvara ahead to the north, with a short measured path across the Prabhāsa landscape.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames pilgrimage as guided sacred geography—moving from one sanctified Śiva-site to the next as a dharmic journey.
Gaṃdharveśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A yātrā instruction: proceed to Gaṃdharveśvara, located northward at a measured distance.