Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । बलभद्राच्च पूर्वेण स्थिता चासीत्सरिद्वरा । दुर्वासेश्वरनामेति बललिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम्
īśvara uvāca | balabhadrācca pūrveṇa sthitā cāsītsaridvarā | durvāseśvaranāmeti balaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
ईश्वर म्हणाले—बलभद्रा नदीच्या पूर्वेस एक श्रेष्ठ सरिता/तट होता; तेथे ‘दुर्वासेश्वर’ नावाने प्रसिद्ध बलवान लिंग प्रतिष्ठित आहे।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Durvāseśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A river (Balabhadrā) flows; on its eastern bank stands a powerful Śiva-liṅga shrine named Durvāseśvara, evoking the austere ṛṣi Durvāsas.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is mapped onto sacred geography: specific rivers and directions become gateways for devotion through liṅga-darśana.
Durvāseśvara Liṅga site near the Balabhadrā river within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No direct ritual yet—this verse primarily identifies the location and name of the liṅga.