Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋषय ऊचुः । अमरेश्वर इत्युक्तो यो देवो ह्यमरत्वदः । केन संस्थापितो ह्यत्र किंप्रभावश्च कीर्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | amareśvara ityukto yo devo hyamaratvadaḥ | kena saṃsthāpito hyatra kiṃprabhāvaśca kīrtaya
ഋഷിമാർ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇവിടെ ‘അമരേശ്വരൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ദേവൻ അമരന്മാർക്കും അമരത്വം നല്കുന്നവൻ. അവനെ ഇവിടെ ആരാണ് സ്ഥാപിച്ചത്? അവന്റെ പുണ്യപ്രഭാവം എന്ത്? ദയവായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കൂ।
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Amareśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages seated with kuśa grass and water-pots, facing the narrator; behind them rises a Śiva shrine where the liṅga is titled Amareśvara, glowing with a cool, immortal radiance.
FAQs
True pilgrimage begins with inquiry into a tīrtha’s origin and the deity’s grace, not merely with physical travel.
Amareśvara—presented as a Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha whose greatness (prabhāva) is about to be narrated in the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it introduces the māhātmya by asking who established the deity and what merit it grants.