Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
बुधेश्वरात्पश्चिमतो ह्यजादेव्यग्निगोचरे । तस्या धनुः पंचकेन नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्
budheśvarātpaścimato hyajādevyagnigocare | tasyā dhanuḥ paṃcakena nātidūre vyavasthitam
ബുധേശ്വരത്തിന്റെ പടിഞ്ഞാറായി, അജാദേവിയുടെ പവിത്ര അഗ്നിസ്ഥലത്തിന്റെ സമീപത്ത്, അത് അഞ്ചു ധനുസ്സിന്റെ അകലത്തിൽ—അതിദൂരമല്ല—സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing discourse to Devī)
Tirtha: Śanaiścaraiśvara (located relative to Budheśvara and Ajādevī-agni)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A pilgrim’s map come alive: Budheśvara shrine as a reference point, Ajādevī’s fire altar glowing, and a short westward path (five dhanu) leading to Śanaiścaraiśvara; emphasis on spatial clarity and sacred markers.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha literature preserves sacred geography—directions and landmarks—to guide pilgrims to merit-bearing shrines.
The Śanaiścaraiśvara shrine (context) located west of Budheśvara near Ajādevī’s fire precinct in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None explicitly; it provides pilgrimage-location guidance using landmarks and distance (five dhanu).