Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि चित्रेश्वर मनुत्तमम् । धनुषां सप्तके तस्य स्थितमाग्नेयदक्षिणे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi citreśvara manuttamam | dhanuṣāṃ saptake tasya sthitamāgneyadakṣiṇe
ईश्वर उवाच—ततः, हे महादेवि, मनुत्तमं चित्रेश्वरं गच्छेत्। स तु धनुषां सप्तके दूरीभूतेऽग्नेयदक्षिणदिशि स्थितः।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Citreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Pārvatī on the next stop in the Prabhāsa pilgrimage circuit, indicating the south-eastern direction and the short measured distance to Citreśvara; a coastal sacred plain with shrines aligned like a ritual map.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a disciplined spiritual journey, where even directions and distances become part of sacred remembrance.
Citreśvara, a revered Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Instruction to visit (gacchet) Citreśvara; no additional rite is specified in this verse.