Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं चैव त्रिलोचनम् । ऋषितीर्थसमीपे तु सर्वपातकनाशनम् । न्यङ्कुमत्युत्तरे कूल ऋषिभिः पूजितं पुरा
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ caiva trilocanam | ṛṣitīrthasamīpe tu sarvapātakanāśanam | nyaṅkumatyuttare kūla ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitaṃ purā
Īśvara disse: Então, ó Grande Deusa, deve-se ir ao deus Trilocana, o de Três Olhos, junto a Ṛṣitīrtha—destruidor de todos os pecados—na margem setentrional do Nyaṅkumatī, outrora venerado pelos ṛṣi.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ṛṣitīrtha / Trilocana-sthāna (by Nyaṅkumatī)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī to go to Trilocana: a three-eyed Śiva-liṅga/shrine stands near Ṛṣitīrtha on the northern bank of the Nyaṅkumatī; sages in ancient times are shown worshipping with water offerings and Vedic chants.
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The Purāṇic pilgrimage map links sacred sites with moral renewal, presenting darśana as a means of sin-destruction.
Trilocana (Śiva) near Ṛṣitīrtha on the northern bank of the Nyaṅkumatī.
A directive to go for darśana/worship of Trilocana at the specified tīrtha location.