ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि शूलस्थानमिति श्रुतम् । देविकायास्तटे रम्ये भास्करं वारितस्करम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi śūlasthānamiti śrutam | devikāyāstaṭe ramye bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram
Īśvara dit : Ensuite, ô Grande Déesse, il faut se rendre au lieu que l’on nomme Śūlasthāna. Sur la belle rive de la Devikā se tient Bhāskara, « Celui qui réfrène les voleurs ».
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śūlasthāna (Devikā-taṭa Bhāskara: Warita-staskara)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs the Goddess to proceed to Śūlasthāna; a tranquil riverbank (Devikā) with a radiant Sūrya icon titled ‘Warita-staskara’, suggesting protection and moral restraint.
Sacred geography is revealed as a divine itinerary—visiting named tīrthas is itself a dharmic practice.
Śūlasthāna on the Devikā riverbank, and the Bhāskara site known as Vāritaskara.
A prescribed pilgrimage movement: ‘one should go’ to Śūlasthāna and its associated shrine on Devikā’s bank.