Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
नंदिवर्द्धन उवाच । तवास्तु वचनं सत्यं पूर्वोक्तं मुनिसत्तम । सांनिध्यं जायतामत्र अवश्यं तव सर्वदा
naṃdivarddhana uvāca | tavāstu vacanaṃ satyaṃ pūrvoktaṃ munisattama | sāṃnidhyaṃ jāyatāmatra avaśyaṃ tava sarvadā
Nandivardhana berkata: Wahai resi termulia, semoga sabda yang dahulu engkau ucapkan menjadi benar. Semoga kehadiranmu yang abadi terwujud di sini—pasti dan untuk selamanya.
Nandivardhana
Tirtha: Arbuda-kshetra (Arbudācala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vasiṣṭha
Scene: Nandivardhana, hands folded, petitions the venerable sage for perpetual presence; the setting hints at a nascent hermitage site awaiting consecration.
FAQs
A holy place becomes continually potent when sustained by the living presence (sānnidhya) of realized sages.
The locale in Arbuda Khaṇḍa where Nandivardhana requests Vasiṣṭha’s perpetual presence, thereby intensifying the site’s māhātmya.
No specific ritual; it is a boon request focused on permanent sacred presence at the site.