Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ईश्वर उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया देवि कथयामि समासतः । सिद्धेश्वरो ह्यभूद्येन जैगीषव्येश्वरो हरः
īśvara uvāca | sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi kathayāmi samāsataḥ | siddheśvaro hyabhūdyena jaigīṣavyeśvaro haraḥ
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ദേവി, നീ നല്ലതായി ചോദിച്ചു. സംക്ഷേപമായി പറയുന്നു—‘ജൈഗീഷവ്യേശ്വരൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഹരൻ എങ്ങനെ ‘സിദ്ധേശ്വരൻ’ ആയി.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (formerly Jaigīṣavyeśvara) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) addresses Devī in a calm, authoritative teaching posture, introducing the brief account of how the liṅga known as Jaigīṣavyeśvara came to be celebrated as Siddheśvara within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
FAQs
Divine places and names of Śiva carry purposeful histories; understanding them is part of receiving the tīrtha’s full blessing.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the Śiva-form titled Jaigīṣavyeśvara/Siddheśvara.
Not yet; Śiva introduces that he will explain the transformation/manifestation narrative.