ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गछेन्महालिंगं कामेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । कामेनाराधितं पूर्वं दैत्यसूदनपश्चिमे
īśvara uvāca | tato gachenmahāliṃgaṃ kāmeśvaramiti śrutam | kāmenārādhitaṃ pūrvaṃ daityasūdanapaścime
ईश्वर म्हणाले—त्यानंतर ‘कामेश्वर’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध असलेल्या त्या महालिंगाकडे जावे. ते दैत्यसूदनाच्या पश्चिमेस स्थित आहे आणि पूर्वी कामदेवाने त्याची आराधना केली होती।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kāmeśvara Mahāliṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the next stop: a great liṅga named Kāmeśvara, positioned west of a Viṣṇu shrine (Daityasūdana). A pilgrim path connects the two, with signifying westward movement and coastal light.
Sacred places are mapped through devotion: sincere worship, even by Kāma, establishes a tīrtha’s enduring sanctity and accessibility to pilgrims.
Kāmeśvara, a great Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, located west of Daityasūdana.
A pilgrimage directive: “one should go” to the Kāmeśvara Liṅga (darśana/visit implied).