Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि नीलरुद्रं द्वितीयकम् । भूतेशादुत्तरे भागे धनुषां षोडशे स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi nīlarudraṃ dvitīyakam | bhūteśāduttare bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśe sthitam
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ മഹാദേവി, രണ്ടാമത്തെ രുദ്രനായ നീലരുദ്രനെ സമീപിക്കണം. അദ്ദേഹം ഭൂതേശ്വരന്റെ വടക്കുഭാഗത്ത്, പതിനാറു ധനുസ് ദൂരത്തിൽ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Nīlarudra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī on the next pilgrimage stop: Nīlarudra, located north of Bhūteśvara by sixteen bow-lengths; a sacred map-like scene with two shrines aligned north–south.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as disciplined, place-based dharma—approaching Rudra through a prescribed sacred route in Prabhāsa.
Nīlarudra, the second Rudra shrine in the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Ekādaśa Rudra tradition.
The instruction is directional and procedural: one should proceed to the Nīlarudra shrine, located north of Bhūteśvara.