Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवीमेकल्लवीरिकाम् । एकल्लवीरायाम्ये तु नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिताम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devīmekallavīrikām | ekallavīrāyāmye tu nātidūre vyavasthitām
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—ஓ மகாதேவி, அதன் பின் ஏகல்லவீராவின் தெற்கில், அதிகத் தொலைவு அல்லாத இடத்தில் உள்ள தேவியான ஏகல்லவீரிகாவிடம் செல்ல வேண்டும்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ekallavīrikā (near Ekallavīrā)
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the next shrine: a directional gesture toward the south; a pilgrim path linking two goddess temples amid coastal groves.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is undertaken with mindful guidance—moving from shrine to shrine as a disciplined spiritual itinerary.
The shrine of Ekallavīrikā Devī, located south of the place called Ekallavīrā within Prabhāsakṣetra.
A prescription of movement/pilgrimage (gacchet—‘one should go’); no specific dāna, snāna, or japa is stated in this verse.