Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106
शिवक्षेत्रात्परं तीर्थं नाहं मन्ये जग त्त्रये । नान्यदेवो मया ज्ञात ईश्वराद्देवनायकात्
śivakṣetrātparaṃ tīrthaṃ nāhaṃ manye jaga ttraye | nānyadevo mayā jñāta īśvarāddevanāyakāt
മൂന്നു ലോകങ്ങളിലും ശിവക്ഷേത്രത്തേക്കാൾ ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ തീർത്ഥം ഞാൻ കരുതുന്നില്ല; ദേവനാഥനായ ഈശ്വരനെ ഒഴികെ മറ്റൊരു ദേവനെ ഞാൻ അറിയുന്നില്ല।
Candraśarman (deduced from immediate narrative context and first-person declaration)
Tirtha: Śiva-kṣetra (as a category; implicitly Someśvara/Somanātha axis)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candraśarman (or the speaker) stands with raised hand in vow-like gesture, declaring Śiva-kṣetra supremacy; behind him a luminous Śiva-liṅga and a vast cosmic backdrop suggesting ‘three worlds’.
FAQs
It asserts exclusive Śaiva devotion: Śiva-kṣetras are deemed supreme, and Īśvara alone is upheld as the highest divine refuge.
Not a single named site; the verse glorifies all Śiva-kṣetras as supremely meritorious tīrthas.
No specific ritual; it is a doctrinal statement supporting pilgrimage to Śiva-kṣetras.