Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि नारायणगृहं परम् । गोष्पदाद्दक्षिणे भागे सागरस्य तटे शुभे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi nārāyaṇagṛhaṃ param | goṣpadāddakṣiṇe bhāge sāgarasya taṭe śubhe
Īśvara disse: Então, ó Grande Deusa, deve-se ir ao santuário supremo chamado “a Casa de Nārāyaṇa”, situado ao sul de Goṣpada, na auspiciosa margem do oceano.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (Nārāyaṇa’s House)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī, pointing toward a luminous Viṣṇu shrine by the sea; the pilgrim path curves from an inland tīrtha to the southern shoreline; waves glint under auspicious light.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a guided movement from one tīrtha to another; sacred geography itself becomes a dharmic practice.
Nārāyaṇagṛha, described as south of Goṣpada Tīrtha on the ocean shore in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A yātrā instruction: one should proceed to Nārāyaṇagṛha from Goṣpada.