Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋषय ऊचुः । अमरेश्वर इत्युक्तो यो देवो ह्यमरत्वदः । केन संस्थापितो ह्यत्र किंप्रभावश्च कीर्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | amareśvara ityukto yo devo hyamaratvadaḥ | kena saṃsthāpito hyatra kiṃprabhāvaśca kīrtaya
ரிஷிகள் கூறினர்—இங்கே ‘அமரேஸ்வரன்’ எனப் புகழப்படும் இந்தத் தேவன், அமரர்களுக்கும் அமரத்துவம் அருள்வான். இவரை இவ்விடத்தில் யார் நிறுவினார்? இவருடைய புனிதப் பெருமை என்ன? அருளிச் சொல்லுங்கள்।
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Amareśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages seated with kuśa grass and water-pots, facing the narrator; behind them rises a Śiva shrine where the liṅga is titled Amareśvara, glowing with a cool, immortal radiance.
FAQs
True pilgrimage begins with inquiry into a tīrtha’s origin and the deity’s grace, not merely with physical travel.
Amareśvara—presented as a Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha whose greatness (prabhāva) is about to be narrated in the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it introduces the māhātmya by asking who established the deity and what merit it grants.