Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
रुद्रैकादशयात्रार्थी निर्विघ्नार्थं व्रजेत्ततः । भूतेश्वरेति यन्नाम प्रोक्तं तत्ते ब्रवीम्यहम्
rudraikādaśayātrārthī nirvighnārthaṃ vrajettataḥ | bhūteśvareti yannāma proktaṃ tatte bravīmyaham
ഏകാദശ രുദ്രയാത്ര ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ, നിർവിഘ്നതയ്ക്കായി പിന്നെ അവിടേക്ക് പോകണം। ‘ഭൂതേശ്വര’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിച്ച ആ നാമം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറയുന്നു।
Śiva
Tirtha: Bhūteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: (ṛṣi assembly)
Scene: A pilgrim, having completed worship, sets out on a sacred route to the Eleven Rudras; a sign/shrine of Bhūteśvara is indicated as the first protective stop, with the narrator introducing the name’s meaning.
FAQs
Pilgrimage begins with removing obstacles through proper approach—starting with the foundational Rudra shrine and understanding its meaning.
Bhūteśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the initial station supporting an obstacle-free Rudraikādaśa yātrā.
Proceed to begin the Rudraikādaśa yātrā with the intention of nirvighna (obstacle-free completion), anchored in Bhūteśvara worship.