Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि गंधर्वेश्वरमुत्तमम् । दण्डपाणेस्तु भवनादुत्तरे निकटे स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi gaṃdharveśvaramuttamam | daṇḍapāṇestu bhavanāduttare nikaṭe sthitam
Īśvara bersabda: “Kemudian, wahai Mahādevī, hendaklah engkau pergi ke Gandharveśvara yang unggul. Ia terletak berdekatan, di utara kediaman Daṇḍapāṇi.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gandharveśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī about the next shrine; a pilgrim path is shown with a small Daṇḍapāṇi shrine as a landmark and, to the north, the Gandharveśvara temple amid trees and flags.
FAQs
Sacred geography is taught as a lived dharma—moving from shrine to shrine in a consecrated landscape.
Gandharveśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Pilgrimage instruction to visit Gandharveśvara; no specific donation or vow is stated here.