Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105
तावत्तिष्ठेन्नरो नारी पश्चादिदमुदीरयेत् । नमो नमस्ते ललिते तुलापुरुषसंज्ञिते
tāvattiṣṭhennaro nārī paścādidamudīrayet | namo namaste lalite tulāpuruṣasaṃjñite
Tant qu’il convient, que l’homme ou la femme demeure (en sa position) ; puis qu’il récite : « Hommage, hommage à Toi, ô Lalitā, appelée Tulāpuruṣa. »
Skanda (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa, Revā Khaṇḍa instructional passage)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee (man or woman) stands or remains poised in a ritual stance near a sacred riverbank/temple precinct, hands folded, reciting repeated namaskāra to Lalitā, with a balance/scale motif hinted by ‘Tulāpuruṣa’.
FAQs
Ritual action is crowned by devotion: the rite is directed to the divine presence personified as Tulāpuruṣa.
The Revā Khaṇḍa setting connects this rite to Narmadā-region sacred practice, though no single tīrtha is named in the verse.
Maintain the prescribed posture/position through the weighing, then recite the Tulāpuruṣa salutation-mantra.