Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सत्यभामेश्वरं शुभम् । रत्नेश्वराद्दक्षिणे तु धनुषांतरमास्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi satyabhāmeśvaraṃ śubham | ratneśvarāddakṣiṇe tu dhanuṣāṃtaramāsthitam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ മഹാദേവി! അതിനുശേഷം ശുഭമായ സത്യഭാമേശ്വരനെ ദർശിക്കുവാൻ പോകണം; രത്നേശ്വരത്തിന്റെ തെക്കായി ഒരു ധനുഷ്-പ്രമാണ ദൂരത്തിൽ അവൻ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Satyabhāmeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on the next stop in the Prabhāsa pilgrimage: the auspicious Satyabhāmeśvara shrine, indicated as south of Ratneśvara by a measured distance; pilgrims move along a coastal sacred landscape with small liṅga-temples.
FAQs
The Purāṇa presents pilgrimage as an ordered sacred itinerary, where moving correctly through tīrthas is part of religious practice.
Satyabhāmeśvara, an auspicious Śiva shrine in Prabhāsa, positioned south of Ratneśvara.
A yātrā instruction is given: proceed to Satyabhāmeśvara, described with directional and distance markers.