Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
एवं यावत्स ईशानः समाराधयति प्रभुः । तावद्देवी समायाता मन्त्राकृष्टा च यत्र सः
evaṃ yāvatsa īśānaḥ samārādhayati prabhuḥ | tāvaddevī samāyātā mantrākṛṣṭā ca yatra saḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പ്രഭു ഈശാനൻ ആരാധന തുടരുമ്പോൾ, മന്ത്രാകർഷിതയായ ദേവി അദ്ദേഹം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന അതേ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് തന്നെ എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു.
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Īśāna absorbed in worship; the air thick with mantra-vibration; Devī arrives to the very spot as if drawn along an unseen current of sound.
FAQs
Steady worship makes the divine presence manifest; mantra and devotion are portrayed as spiritually efficacious.
The narrative belongs to a tīrtha-glorification setting, but this verse emphasizes the immediacy of divine arrival rather than identifying the site.
Samārādhana (sustained propitiatory worship) and mantra-practice, presented as capable of invoking divine presence.