Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येत्पुष्पदन्तेश्वरं शुभम् । पुष्पदन्तेश्वरोनाम गणेशः शंकरस्य तु
īśvara uvāca | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyetpuṣpadanteśvaraṃ śubham | puṣpadanteśvaronāma gaṇeśaḥ śaṃkarasya tu
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അവിടെയേ തന്നെ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്ന ശുഭമായ ‘പുഷ്പദന്തേശ്വര’നെ ദർശിക്കണം. ‘പുഷ്പദന്തേശ്വര’ എന്നത് ശങ്കരന്റെ ഗണേശന്റെ നാമമാണ്.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Puṣpadanteśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Īśvara speaks, directing the pilgrim to an auspicious Gaṇeśa shrine named Puṣpadanteśvara within Prabhāsa; Gaṇeśa appears with floral garlands and a gentle, protective presence near a Śaiva precinct.
FAQs
Sacred darśana itself is praised: seeing the deity at a consecrated site is treated as spiritually transformative.
Puṣpadanteśvara, identified here as a Gaṇeśa presence within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The instruction is to “behold” (paśyet) the deity—an emphasis on darśana; no further rite is specified.