Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । अथ देवकुलात्पूर्वे पंचगव्यूतिमात्रतः । शंबरस्थान मध्ये तु क्षेमादित्येति विश्रुतः
īśvara uvāca | atha devakulātpūrve paṃcagavyūtimātrataḥ | śaṃbarasthāna madhye tu kṣemādityeti viśrutaḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले— पुढे देवकुलाच्या पूर्वेस पाच गव्यूती अंतरावर, शंबर नावाच्या स्थळाच्या मध्यभागी ‘क्षेमादित्य’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध (एक देवस्थान) आहे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kṣemāditya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim party departing Devakula, walking east across a sacred landscape toward Śambara-sthāna; ahead stands a radiant Āditya shrine labeled Kṣemāditya, with sun-rays and a small temple spire.
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The Purāṇa maps holiness onto landscape, teaching that divine presence is encountered through purposeful pilgrimage.
Kṣemāditya, situated near Devakula within the Śambara-sthāna region of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A directional pilgrimage instruction specifying where Kṣemāditya is located (east of Devakula, five gavyūtis away).