Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
सिद्धेश्वरमिति ख्यातं महापातकनाशनम् । यत्र शुद्धिं परां प्राप्तो देवदेवो महेश्वरः । पुरा हत्यायुतः पार्थ देवदेवस्त्रिशूलधृक्
siddheśvaramiti khyātaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | yatra śuddhiṃ parāṃ prāpto devadevo maheśvaraḥ | purā hatyāyutaḥ pārtha devadevastriśūladhṛk
یہ ‘سِدّھیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے، بڑے بڑے پاپوں کا ناس کرنے والا۔ وہیں دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا مہیشور نے اعلیٰ ترین پاکیزگی پائی؛ پہلے زمانے میں، اے شہزادے، ترشول دھاری ربّ پر ہتیا (قتل) کے پاپ کا بوجھ آ گیا تھا۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (to the king)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha / king addressed
Scene: A radiant Siddheśvara shrine by the Narmadā; Śiva, trident-bearing, stands in contemplative austerity as the tīrtha’s purifying power is proclaimed.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is emphasized by linking it to Śiva himself: a place becomes supremely authoritative when even the Lord’s narrative is tied to its purifying power.
Siddheśvara-tīrtha (on the Narmadā’s southern bank, per the preceding verse).
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s identity and its capacity to destroy mahāpātakas, grounding it in Śiva’s own purification episode.