Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सिद्धेश्वरमनुत्तमम् । तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi siddheśvaramanuttamam | tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge nātidūre vyavasthitam
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे महादेवि, त्यानंतर त्या अनुपम सिद्धेश्वराकडे जावे; तो त्याच स्थानाच्या पूर्व दिशाभागात, फार दूर नाही, स्थित आहे.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, gesturing eastward toward a nearby shrine labeled Siddheśvara; the landscape shows clustered temples of Prabhāsa with a coastal horizon.
FAQs
Tīrtha-yātrā is presented as a guided sacred geography, where moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic discipline.
Siddheśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, described as anuttama and located nearby to the east.
A pilgrimage instruction: one should go (gacchet) to Siddheśvara.