Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि भैरवेश्वरमुत्तमम् । ब्रह्मकुण्डस्य ईशाने स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । चतुर्वक्त्रं महादेवं संस्थितं तीर्थरक्षणे
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi bhairaveśvaramuttamam | brahmakuṇḍasya īśāne sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | caturvaktraṃ mahādevaṃ saṃsthitaṃ tīrtharakṣaṇe
اِیشور نے فرمایا: پھر اے مہادیوی، برہما کُنڈ کے اِیشان (شمال مشرق) میں قائم، گناہوں کو مٹانے والے اُتم بھَیرَوِیشور کے پاس جاؤ؛ وہ چہار رُخی مہادیو وہاں تیرتھ کی حفاظت کے لیے پرتِشٹھت ہیں۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (context) and Bhairaveśvara (associated shrine)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī: a four-faced Mahādeva as Bhairaveśvara stands in the northeast of a sacred pond (Brahmakuṇḍa), holding a protective stance over the tirtha; pilgrims approach with folded hands.
FAQs
Sacred geography is purposeful: specific forms of Śiva are installed to protect tīrthas and to remove sin from pilgrims.
Bhairaveśvara located in the Īśāna (northeast) of Brahmakuṇḍa within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Pilgrimage instruction: one should go (gacchet) to Bhairaveśvara as part of tīrtha-darśana.