Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तीर्थमत्र विधानेन प्रख्यातं वसुधातले । एवं भवतु योगिन्य इत्युक्त्वान्तरधाच्छिवः
tīrthamatra vidhānena prakhyātaṃ vasudhātale | evaṃ bhavatu yoginya ityuktvāntaradhācchivaḥ
“ഇവിടെയുള്ള ഈ തീർത്ഥം വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഭൂതലത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമാകട്ടെ.” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ്— “അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകട്ടെ, യോഗിനികളേ!”— ശിവൻ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു।
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating); internal quoted speech: Śiva addressing the Yoginīs
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yoginīs
Scene: Śiva pronounces the establishment of a tīrtha’s renown, addresses Yoginīs with ‘evam bhavatu,’ then vanishes (antaradhāna), leaving a charged sacred emptiness.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is established by divine ordinance and becomes a lasting beacon of dharma on earth.
Mātṛtīrtha (the context tīrtha of Adhyāya 66), made renowned by Śiva’s declaration.
The verse implies “vidhāna” (proper ordinance) as the basis for the tīrtha’s fame, though specific rites are not detailed here.