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
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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.