Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि केतुलिंगं महाप्रभम् । राह्वीशानादुत्तरे च मंगलायाश्च दक्षिणे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi ketuliṃgaṃ mahāprabham | rāhvīśānāduttare ca maṃgalāyāśca dakṣiṇe
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—மஹாதேவி! பின்னர் ராக்வீஸ்வரத்தின் வடக்கிலும் மங்களா (மங்களேச)வின் தெற்கிலும் அமைந்த மிக ஒளிமிக்க கேதுலிங்கத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ketuliṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Devī/Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī like a sacred cartographer, pointing out Ketuliṅga’s position between two known shrines; the liṅga is depicted as intensely radiant.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a dharmic journey: moving from one sanctified Liṅga to another within Prabhāsa.
Ketuliṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, with reference points Rāhvīśvara and Maṅgalā.
Gamana/visit (going to the shrine) as part of tirtha-yātrā.