Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । अक्षमालेश्वरं नाम यत्पूर्वं समुदाहृतम् । कथं तदभवद्देव कथयस्व प्रसादतः
devyuvāca | akṣamāleśvaraṃ nāma yatpūrvaṃ samudāhṛtam | kathaṃ tadabhavaddeva kathayasva prasādataḥ
Nữ Thần thưa: “Bạch Thiên Chủ, thuở xưa nơi ấy từng được xưng là Akṣamāleśvara. Danh ấy do đâu mà có? Xin Ngài vì lòng từ ân mà kể cho con nghe.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Akṣamāleśvara (query about its former name)
Type: temple
Listener: Deva/Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī turns to Śiva with a gentle, inquisitive expression, asking how the shrine gained the name Akṣamāleśvara; the setting suggests a sacred coastal kṣetra discourse.
FAQs
Sacred history is received through humble inquiry and divine explanation, linking place-names to dharmic narratives.
Akṣamāleśvara (later known as Ugraseneśvara) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; this is a request for the shrine’s origin-story.