Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले सिद्धेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । तीर्थं परं महाराज सिद्धैः कृतमिति प्रभो
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle siddheśvaramiti śrutam | tīrthaṃ paraṃ mahārāja siddhaiḥ kṛtamiti prabho
श्रीमर्कण्डेय उवाच—नर्मदायाः दक्षिणे कूले ‘सिद्धेश्वरम्’ इति प्रसिद्धं तीर्थं परं, महाराज; सिद्धैः कृतमिति, प्रभो।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: ghat
Listener: A king addressed as ‘mahārāja’/‘prabho’ (royal interlocutor in the Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, seated as a sage-narrator, points toward the Narmadā’s southern bank where a modest Śiva-liṅga shrine of Siddheśvara stands amid riverine trees; subtle presence of Siddhas (aerial/ethereal) suggests consecration.
FAQs
Sacred places are legitimized through saintly/Siddha association, and approaching them is part of dharmic pilgrimage culture.
Siddheśvara tīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the tīrtha and its exalted origin.