Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि विचित्रेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे किञ्चिदाग्नेयगोचरे । धनुषां दशके तत्र स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi vicitreśvaramuttamam | tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidāgneyagocare | dhanuṣāṃ daśake tatra sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे महादेवी, मग उत्तम विचित्रेश्वराकडे जावे. तेथून पूर्व दिशेकडे, किंचित आग्नेय (दक्षिण-पूर्व) भागात, दहा धनुष्यांच्या अंतरावर तो पापप्रणाशक स्थित आहे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vicitreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva continues guiding Pārvatī, pointing toward the eastern quarter with a slight south-eastern tilt; a second shrine (Vicitreśvara) appears along a short path, suggesting a pilgrim’s itinerary across Prabhāsa.
FAQs
The text treats pilgrimage as a sacred itinerary: reaching specific liṅgas is linked with pāpa-kṣaya (the dissolution of sin).
Vicitreśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Instruction to go/visit Vicitreśvara; the verse highlights its sin-destroying merit.