Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शाकल्येश्वरमुत्तमम् । दैत्यसूदनवायव्ये धनुषां त्रिंशता स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śākalyeśvaramuttamam | daityasūdanavāyavye dhanuṣāṃ triṃśatā sthitam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினான்—பின்னர், ஓ மகாதேவி, தைத்யசூதனத்தின் வாயவ்ய (வடமேற்கு) திசையில் முப்பது வில் அளவு தூரத்தில் உள்ள உத்தமமான சாகல்யேஸ்வரனைச் சென்று தரிசிக்க வேண்டும்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī like a divine guidebook narrator; a stylized map of Prabhāsa with two shrines: Daityasūdana and, to the northwest, Śākalyeśvara; pilgrims walking with waterpots and flowers.
FAQs
Pilgrimage in the Purāṇas is mapped as a sacred itinerary, where moving from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic act.
Śākalyeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, located relative to the Daityasūdana shrine.
A yātrā instruction: proceed to Śākalyeśvara following the described direction and distance.