Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं पापप्रणाशनम् । कपिलेश्वरस्यैशान्यामुत्तरेण व्यवस्थितम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | kapileśvarasyaiśānyāmuttareṇa vyavasthitam
อีศวรตรัสว่า: ต่อจากนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี พึงไปยังลึงค์ผู้ทำลายบาป ซึ่งตั้งอยู่ทางทิศเหนือในทิศอีศานของกปิเลศวร
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jaradgaveśvara-liṅga (introduced as pāpa-praṇāśana; located north/Īśānya of Kapileśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī, pointing toward the north-eastern quarter of Kapileśvara where a sin-destroying liṅga stands; the landscape suggests coastal Prabhāsa with shrine markers and pilgrims moving in a prescribed direction.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a purificatory journey: approaching specific Śiva-liṅgas is presented as a means of pāpa-kṣaya.
A sin-destroying liṅga shrine near Kapileśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra—introduced as the next pilgrimage point.
A directive to proceed (gacchet) to the specified liṅga as part of the tīrtha-yātrā sequence.