Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
देवा ऊचुः । तत्रस्थां त्वां समालोक्य मर्त्त्या यांति त्रिविष्टपम् । विना यज्ञैस्तथा दानैः स्वर्गः संकीर्णतां गतः । नान्यत्कारणमस्तीह निषेधस्य सुरेश्वरि
devā ūcuḥ | tatrasthāṃ tvāṃ samālokya marttyā yāṃti triviṣṭapam | vinā yajñaistathā dānaiḥ svargaḥ saṃkīrṇatāṃ gataḥ | nānyatkāraṇamastīha niṣedhasya sureśvari
Die Götter sprachen: „Wenn Sterbliche dich dort weilen sehen, steigen sie nach Triviṣṭapa (in den Himmel) auf, ohne Opfer und ohne Gaben. Der Himmel ist überfüllt geworden. Es gibt keinen anderen Grund für dieses Verbot, o erhabene Göttin.“
Devagaṇa (the gods)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas, concerned, address the Goddess: mortals are ascending to Svarga merely by seeing her; Svarga is depicted crowded with arriving souls; devas plead for a restriction.
FAQs
Divine darśana can bestow immense fruit, yet the cosmos also preserves dharmic order so that merit, effort, and ritual discipline remain meaningful.
The place where the Goddess abides on Arbuda mountain—her local seat within the Arbuda sacred geography.
Yajña (sacrifice) and dāna (charity) are referenced as standard means to attain svarga, contrasted with the extraordinary fruit of darśana here.