Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63
तथापि येषु स्थानेषु द्रष्टव्या सिद्धिमीप्सुभिः । स्मर्तव्या भूतिकामेन तानि वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः
tathāpi yeṣu sthāneṣu draṣṭavyā siddhimīpsubhiḥ | smartavyā bhūtikāmena tāni vakṣyāmi tattvataḥ
എങ്കിലും, സിദ്ധി ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ എന്നെ ദർശിക്കേണ്ടതും, ഭൂതി/സമൃദ്ധി ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ എന്നെ സ്മരിക്കേണ്ടതുമായ ആ സ്ഥലങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ സത്യമായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കും.
Devī
Listener: Māṇḍavya
Scene: Devī prepares to enumerate her sacred abodes; the scene hints at a ‘map’—four directions with symbolic markers, while the sage listens attentively.
FAQs
Though Devī is everywhere, certain sacred seats concentrate devotional power—pilgrimage and remembrance become means to siddhi and well-being.
This is the preface to a named list of Devī’s celebrated abodes (beginning next verse).
Darśana (seeing) for siddhi and smaraṇa (remembering) for prosperity are indicated as devotional practices.
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