Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । अक्षमालेश्वरं नाम यत्पूर्वं समुदाहृतम् । कथं तदभवद्देव कथयस्व प्रसादतः
devyuvāca | akṣamāleśvaraṃ nāma yatpūrvaṃ samudāhṛtam | kathaṃ tadabhavaddeva kathayasva prasādataḥ
தேவி கூறினாள்—தேவா, முன்பு ‘அக்ஷமாலேஸ்வரன்’ என்று சொல்லப்பட்ட அந்தப் பெயர் எவ்வாறு ஏற்பட்டது? அருள்கூர்ந்து எனக்குச் சொல்லுங்கள்.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Akṣamāleśvara (query about its former name)
Type: temple
Listener: Deva/Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī turns to Śiva with a gentle, inquisitive expression, asking how the shrine gained the name Akṣamāleśvara; the setting suggests a sacred coastal kṣetra discourse.
FAQs
Sacred history is received through humble inquiry and divine explanation, linking place-names to dharmic narratives.
Akṣamāleśvara (later known as Ugraseneśvara) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; this is a request for the shrine’s origin-story.