Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । आशापूरं ततो गच्छेद्विघ्नराजमकल्मषम् । शशिभूषण वायव्ये संस्थितं विघ्ननाशनम् । आशां पूरयते यस्मात्तेनाशापूरकः स्मृतः
īśvara uvāca | āśāpūraṃ tato gacchedvighnarājamakalmaṣam | śaśibhūṣaṇa vāyavye saṃsthitaṃ vighnanāśanam | āśāṃ pūrayate yasmāttenāśāpūrakaḥ smṛtaḥ
Īśvara bersabda: “Kemudian hendaklah seseorang pergi ke Āśāpūra, kepada Vighnarāja yang suci tanpa noda, Tuhan segala halangan, pemusnah rintangan, yang bersemayam di arah barat laut Śaśibhūṣaṇa. Kerana Baginda memenuhi segala harapan, maka Baginda dikenang sebagai ‘Āśāpūraka’—Pemenuh Hasrat.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Āśāpūra / Āśāpūraka (Vighnarāja)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about a pristine Vighnarāja shrine at Āśāpūra; Gaṇeśa appears with moon-like ornamentation, seated, blessing devotees; a compass-like hint of the northwest direction from Śaśibhūṣaṇa is shown via landscape orientation.
FAQs
Approaching Vighnarāja with reverence removes impediments and aligns human aspiration with divine grace.
Āśāpūra—associated with Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa), situated to the north-west of Śaśibhūṣaṇa within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
A pilgrimage instruction: “one should go” (gacchet) to the Āśāpūra shrine of Vighnarāja for obstacle-removal and wish-fulfillment.