Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि यत्र जांबवती नदी । पुरा जांबवतीनाम विष्णोर्या महिषीप्रिया । अपृच्छदर्जुनं साध्वी वद वार्तां कुरू द्वह
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi yatra jāṃbavatī nadī | purā jāṃbavatīnāma viṣṇoryā mahiṣīpriyā | apṛcchadarjunaṃ sādhvī vada vārtāṃ kurū dvaha
Īśvara dit : « Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, il faut se rendre là où coule la rivière Jāmbavatī. Jadis, la chaste dame nommée Jāmbavatī—reine bien-aimée de Viṣṇu—interrogea Arjuna : “Dis-moi les nouvelles ; parle en vérité, sans rien cacher.” »
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jāmbavatī-nadī
Type: sangam
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, directing her to the Jāmbavatī river; the narrative then shifts to a remembered scene where Jāmbavatī questions Arjuna, urging truthful disclosure.
FAQs
Sacred geography is taught through narrative memory: the holiness of a river-tīrtha is anchored in exemplary lives and truthful inquiry.
The Jāmbavatī River tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.
A pilgrimage instruction is implied: ‘one should go’ (gacchet) to the river-site.