Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शंकरादित्यमुत्तमम् । गंगेश्वरस्य पूर्वेण शंकरेण प्रतिष्ठितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śaṃkarādityamuttamam | gaṃgeśvarasya pūrveṇa śaṃkareṇa pratiṣṭhitam
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Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Śaṅkarāditya
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī to proceed to a radiant Sūrya shrine named Śaṅkarāditya, shown east of a Gaṅgeśvara liṅga shrine within a coastal sacred landscape.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a sacred sequence; moving through consecrated sites aligns the devotee with layered forms of divinity.
Śaṅkarāditya in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, situated to the east of Gaṅgeśvara.
Gamana/visitation (going to the shrine) is prescribed as part of the tīrtha itinerary.