Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 139
प्रम्लोचा सुभगा श्यामा चित्रांगी चारुणी स्वधा । एताश्चान्याश्च बहवः सख्यस्ता गिरिजां प्रति । उपासांचक्रिरे सा च देवगर्भा च भामिनी
pramlocā subhagā śyāmā citrāṃgī cāruṇī svadhā | etāścānyāśca bahavaḥ sakhyastā girijāṃ prati | upāsāṃcakrire sā ca devagarbhā ca bhāminī
প্ৰম্লোচা, সুভগা, শ্যামা, চিত্ৰাঙ্গী, চাৰুণী, স্বধা—এইসকল আৰু আন বহু সখীয়ে গিৰিজাৰ প্ৰতি ভক্তিভাৱে সেবা-উপস্থিতি কৰিলে; আৰু তেজস্বিনী ভামিনী দেবগর্ভাও তেনেদৰে তেওঁৰ সেবা কৰিলে।
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages (frame)
Scene: A larger gathering of radiant companions—some celestial in bearing—surround Girijā in respectful attendance; Devagarbhā is singled out as luminous, emphasizing sacred service.
FAQs
Service (upāsā) to a great devotee is itself meritorious; supporting dharmic effort is praised.
Kedāra is the implied sacred locale where Girijā’s tapas is attended by these companions.
Upāsā (devotional service/attendance) is mentioned as an act, though no formal ritual procedure is detailed.