Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋषय ऊचुः । अमरेश्वर इत्युक्तो यो देवो ह्यमरत्वदः । केन संस्थापितो ह्यत्र किंप्रभावश्च कीर्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | amareśvara ityukto yo devo hyamaratvadaḥ | kena saṃsthāpito hyatra kiṃprabhāvaśca kīrtaya
ऋषी म्हणाले—येथे जो देव ‘अमरेश्वर’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहेत, ते अमरांनाही अमरत्व देणारे आहेत। त्यांची येथे स्थापना कोणी केली, आणि त्यांचा दिव्य प्रभाव काय आहे? कृपा करून सांगा।
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Amareśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages seated with kuśa grass and water-pots, facing the narrator; behind them rises a Śiva shrine where the liṅga is titled Amareśvara, glowing with a cool, immortal radiance.
FAQs
True pilgrimage begins with inquiry into a tīrtha’s origin and the deity’s grace, not merely with physical travel.
Amareśvara—presented as a Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha whose greatness (prabhāva) is about to be narrated in the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it introduces the māhātmya by asking who established the deity and what merit it grants.