Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । तस्माच्छुक्रेश्वराद्गच्छेद्देवि लिंगं महाप्रभम् । शनैश्चरैश्वरंनाम महापातकनाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | tasmācchukreśvarādgaccheddevi liṃgaṃ mahāprabham | śanaiścaraiśvaraṃnāma mahāpātakanāśanam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ദേവി, ശുക്രേശ്വരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ആ മഹാപ്രഭ ലിംഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുക; ‘ശനൈശ്ചരൈശ്വരം’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ളത് മഹാപാതകങ്ങളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śanaiścaraiśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to proceed from Śukreśvara to a radiant liṅga named Śanaiścaraiśvara; the liṅga glows with 'mahāprabhā', suggesting a dark-blue Saturn aura contrasted with brilliant radiance, pilgrims moving along a sacred path.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in a sacred kṣetra is portrayed as a progressive movement from shrine to shrine, each granting purification and upliftment.
Śanaiścaraiśvara-liṅga within Prabhāsakṣetra, reached from Śukreśvara.
A tīrtha-yātrā instruction: go from Śukreśvara to Śanaiścaraiśvara for sin-destruction.