Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कोटीश्वरमनुत्तमम् । तस्मादुत्तरतो देवि कोटीशमिति विश्रुतम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi koṭīśvaramanuttamam | tasmāduttarato devi koṭīśamiti viśrutam
Īśvara bersabda: Kemudian, wahai Mahādevī, hendaklah pergi kepada Koṭīśvara yang tiada bandingan. Di sebelah utaranya, wahai Dewi, ada tempat yang masyhur bernama Koṭīśa.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Koṭīśvara; Koṭīśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī like a divine guidebook: a stylized map of Prabhāsa with two highlighted nodes—Koṭīśvara and, to its north, Koṭīśa—pilgrims walking along a coastal path between shrines.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in Prabhāsa is presented as a guided sacred itinerary, where moving from one liṅga-site to another is itself a dharmic act.
Koṭīśvara and the northern site called Koṭīśa within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A yātrā instruction is given: ‘one should go’ (gacchet) to Koṭīśvara, indicating a prescribed pilgrimage movement.