Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88
मन्मथा हेमकूटे तु कुमुदे सत्यवादिनी । अश्वत्थे वन्दिनीका तु निधिर्वैश्रवणालये
manmathā hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādinī | aśvatthe vandinīkā tu nidhirvaiśravaṇālaye
À Hemakūṭa, on la nomme Manmathā ; à Kumuda, Satyavādinī, celle qui dit la vérité. À Aśvattha, elle est connue comme Vandinīkā ; et dans la demeure de Vaiśravaṇa, elle porte le nom de Nidhi.
Śiva (deduced from the adjoining verses emphasizing recitation ‘in Śiva’s presence’)
Tirtha: Hemakūṭa; Kumuda; Aśvattha-tīrtha; Vaiśravaṇālaya (Alakā)
Type: peak
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: Hemakūṭa peak glowing gold with Devī Manmathā holding sugarcane bow/flower arrows transmuted into prayer-flowers; Kumuda mountain with Devī Satyavādinī holding a scripture and a white lotus; under a sacred Aśvattha tree Devī Vandinīkā receiving hymns from devotees; in Kubera’s jeweled hall Devī Nidhi seated amid treasures, blessing dāna.
FAQs
Divine presence is localized through holy places, and remembering their names becomes a devotional map of dharma and merit.
Hemakūṭa, Kumuda, the sacred Aśvattha, and the abode of Vaiśravaṇa are praised through the names associated with them.
Implicitly, the recitation/remembering of tīrtha-names as part of the 108-name cycle.