Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
शक्रादयस्ततो देवास्तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । आनयामास ब्रह्मर्षिस्तपसा पर्वतोत्तमे
śakrādayastato devāstīrthānyāyatanāni ca | ānayāmāsa brahmarṣistapasā parvatottame
তেতিয়া শক্ৰ আদি দেৱতাসকলে তীৰ্থ আৰু পবিত্ৰ আয়তনসমূহ তাত আনিলে। আৰু ব্ৰহ্মৰ্ষিয়ে তপস্যাৰ বলত সিহঁতক সেই শ্ৰেষ্ঠ পৰ্বতলৈ আকৰ্ষণ কৰিলে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Arbuda as tīrtha-samāhāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Indra (Śakra) and devas descend carrying symbolic vessels of various tīrthas; a brahmarṣi in deep tapas radiates force that draws these sacred abodes toward the mountain’s summit.
FAQs
Austerity and divine cooperation sanctify geography, turning a mountain into a network of tīrthas and shrines.
The Arbuda mountain region, presented as a convergence of multiple tīrthas and āyatanas.
No direct prescription; it describes the establishment/arrival of tīrthas and shrines through tapas and divine action.