Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
ततस्तत्र तपस्तेपे गौरीं संस्थाप्य भक्तितः । तदग्रे व्रतमास्थाय यथोक्तं शास्त्र संभवम्
tatastatra tapastepe gaurīṃ saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ | tadagre vratamāsthāya yathoktaṃ śāstra saṃbhavam
પછી ત્યાં જ તેણે ભક્તિપૂર્વક ગૌરીની સ્થાપના કરીને તપ કર્યું અને દેવીના સમક્ષ શાસ્ત્રોક્ત વ્રત આચર્યું.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A princess-devotee installs an image of Gaurī at the sacred spot, then sits in disciplined austerity, hands in añjali, observing a śāstra-based vow before the Goddess.
FAQs
Devotion becomes most fruitful when disciplined by śāstra—tapasyā and vrata performed before the Goddess in a prescribed manner.
The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya (pilgrimage-glorification) frame, but this snippet does not name the tīrtha explicitly; it emphasizes the rite performed at the sacred spot being narrated.
Installing Gaurī and undertaking a śāstra-approved vrata (vow/observance) in the Goddess’s presence.
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