Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि यत्र प्राची सरस्वती । तत्र स्थाने स्थितं लिंगं मंकीश्वरमिति श्रुतम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi yatra prācī sarasvatī | tatra sthāne sthitaṃ liṃgaṃ maṃkīśvaramiti śrutam
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे महादेवी! मग जिथे सरस्वती पूर्वाभिमुख वाहते तिथे जावे. त्या स्थानी ‘मंकीश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध असे लिंग प्रतिष्ठित आहे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara (liṅga at prācī Sarasvatī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on a pilgrimage step: the east-flowing Sarasvatī glimmers; on its bank stands the Maṃkīśvara liṅga, simple yet radiant, with tīrtha-travelers approaching.
FAQs
The tīrtha-map of Prabhāsa links rivers and liṅgas, teaching that nature’s sacred currents guide the seeker to Śiva’s presence.
Maṃkīśvara liṅga, located where the Sarasvatī is described as flowing eastward.
A directive to go/visit the site for darśana of Maṃkīśvara.