Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि गोप्यादित्यमनुत्तमम् । भूतेशाद्वायवे भागे धनुषां त्रिंशकेन्तरे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi gopyādityamanuttamam | bhūteśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṃ triṃśakentare
อีศวรตรัสว่า: ต่อจากนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังเทวสถานอันยอดยิ่ง “โคปยาทิตยะ” ซึ่งอยู่จากภูเตศะไปทางทิศวายัพย์ ห่างออกไปสามสิบธนุษ (ระยะคันธนู)
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Gopyāditya
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī, pointing toward the northwest; a stylized map-like landscape shows Bhūteśa shrine and, at a short distance, a radiant Āditya temple labeled Gopyāditya; pilgrims walking with staffs and waterpots.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a disciplined journey—moving from one sanctified point to another as instructed by divine authority.
Gopyāditya tīrtha/shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, located relative to Bhūteśa.
A pilgrimage directive: proceed to Gopyāditya, identified by precise directional and distance markers (vāyavya, thirty dhanuṣ).