ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कुन्तीश्वरमनुत्तमम् । सावित्र्याः पूर्वभागस्थं खातमध्ये व्यवस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kuntīśvaramanuttamam | sāvitryāḥ pūrvabhāgasthaṃ khātamadhye vyavasthitam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—பின்பு, மகாதேவியே, சாவித்ரியின் கிழக்குப் பகுதியில், பள்ளம்/குண்டத்தின் நடுவில் நிறுவப்பட்ட ஒப்பற்ற குந்தீஸ்வரனை அடைய வேண்டும்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kuntīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about a hidden liṅga shrine: Kuntīśvara, set within a central trench/pit; the shrine appears slightly sunken, with steps leading down, lamps glowing, and pilgrims descending for darśana.
Pilgrimage is mapped as a disciplined spiritual journey: the devotee is directed to specific, sanctified locations where Śiva is specially present.
Kuntīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described relative to the place/shrine named Sāvitrī.
The prescription is tīrtha-yātrā: “one should go” (gacchet) to Kuntīśvara; no further rite is stated in this verse.