Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तस्माद्दक्षिणतः स्थितम् । भार्गवेश्वरनामानं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tasmāddakṣiṇataḥ sthitam | bhārgaveśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—மகாதேவி! அதன் பின்னர் அந்த இடத்தின் தெற்கில் அமைந்த, எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அழிக்கும் ‘பார்கவேஸ்வர’ எனப் பெயர்பெற்ற திருத்தலத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Bhārgaveśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī on pilgrimage direction: a map-like sacred landscape with a prominent liṅga shrine labeled Bhārgaveśvara to the south; devotees walking with water-pots and flower baskets.
FAQs
Pilgrimage undertaken with reverence to Śiva’s tīrthas is presented as a means of inner purification and the removal of sin.
Bhārgaveśvara, a Śiva-liṅga/shrine located to the south within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
A directional pilgrimage instruction is given: one should proceed to the southern shrine; no specific ritual items are detailed in this verse.