Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं शाकलकलेश्वरम् । शाकल्येश्वरनैरृत्ये धनुषां षष्टिभिः स्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ śākalakaleśvaram | śākalyeśvaranairṛtye dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ sthitam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—அதன்பின், ஓ மகாதேவி, ‘சாகலகலேஸ்வர’ எனப்படும் லிங்கத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும். அது சாகல்யேஸ்வரத்தின் நைர்ருத்யத்தில் (தென்மேற்கு) அறுபது தனுஷ் தூரத்தில் அமைந்துள்ளது.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Śākalakaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a coastal pilgrimage route; a stylized map-like composition shows Śākalyeśvara and, to its southwest, Śākalakaleśvara marked by a measured span of ‘60 dhanuṣ’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is presented as a guided sacred itinerary—moving from shrine to shrine with awareness of direction and proximity.
Śākalakaleśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, located southwest of Śākalyeśvara.
The instruction is primarily locational: go (gacchet) to the specified Liṅga as part of the kṣetra-darśana sequence.