Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवमातरमव्ययाम् । मंकीशान्नैरृते भागे गौरीरूपसमाश्रिताम् । देवमाता सरस्वत्या नाम लोकेषु गीयते
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devamātaramavyayām | maṃkīśānnairṛte bhāge gaurīrūpasamāśritām | devamātā sarasvatyā nāma lokeṣu gīyate
ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: তাৰ পাছত, হে মহাদেৱী, অব্যয়ী দেবমাতাৰ ওচৰলৈ যোৱা উচিত। মংকীশাৰ নৈঋত দিশত তেওঁ গৌৰীৰূপ আশ্ৰয় কৰি অৱস্থিত। জগতসমূহত তেওঁ ‘দেবমাতা সরস্বতী’ নামে খ্যাত।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī (near Maṃkīśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Mahādevī about a shrine of Devamātā Sarasvatī, indicating the south-west direction from Maṃkīśa; the Goddess is envisioned as Gaurī, serene and imperishable, presiding over a tīrtha landscape of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
The tīrtha landscape is mapped as a living divine presence—Devī manifests in specific forms and directions to guide devotion and pilgrimage.
Devamātā Sarasvatī, located to the south-west of Maṃkīśvara within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The instruction is to proceed to (visit) Devamātā; no specific pūjā/dāna is detailed in this verse.