Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ श्रीमातां देववंदिताम् । सर्वकामप्रदां नृणामिहलोके परत्र च
pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha śrīmātāṃ devavaṃditām | sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāmihaloke paratra ca
पुलस्त्य बोले—हे नृपश्रेष्ठ! तब देवताओं द्वारा वन्दिता श्रीमाता के पास जाना चाहिए, जो मनुष्यों को इस लोक और परलोक में भी समस्त कामनाएँ प्रदान करती हैं।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Śrīmātā-kṣetra (on Arbuda)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)
Scene: Sage Pulastya instructs a king: ‘Go to Śrīmātā’; in the background rises the sacred mountain with a Devī shrine, flags fluttering, pilgrims ascending steps.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to the Divine Mother is presented as a dharmic path that supports both material well-being and spiritual destiny.
The sacred seat/shrine of Śrīmātā Devī in the Arbuda (mountain) region.
A direct prescription of yātrā—‘one should go’—implying devotional visitation and worship of Śrīmātā.
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