Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । सिद्धेश्वर इति ख्यातो महादेवो महीपते । तस्योत्पत्तिस्त्वया पूर्वं श्रुतात्र वदतो मम
bhartṛyajña uvāca | siddheśvara iti khyāto mahādevo mahīpate | tasyotpattistvayā pūrvaṃ śrutātra vadato mama
பர்த்ருயஜ்ஞர் கூறினார்—ஓ மஹீபதே! இங்கு மகாதேவன் ‘சித்தேஸ்வரன்’ என்ற நாமத்தால் புகழ்பெற்றவன். அவன் தோற்றத்தை நீ முன்பே கேட்டுள்ளாய்; ஆயினும் இப்போது நான் உரைப்பதுபோல் கேள்।
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahi-pati / King (contextually Ānarta in subsequent verse)
Scene: A sage (Bhartṛyajña) addresses a king, pointing toward a Śiva shrine named Siddheśvara, beginning the origin narrative; the atmosphere is didactic and sacred.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence becomes localized and name-sanctified as a tīrtha (Siddheśvara), and hearing its origin-story is part of Purāṇic devotional culture.
Siddheśvara—Mahādeva known by this name in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya milieu.
None explicitly; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devotional listening) to the tīrtha’s origin narrative.