Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
प्रस्थितां मां नदीतीरमुद्दिश्य च विसर्जनम् । करिष्यामीति सा प्राह व्यक्तीभूता सुरेश्वरी
prasthitāṃ māṃ nadītīramuddiśya ca visarjanam | kariṣyāmīti sā prāha vyaktībhūtā sureśvarī
വിസർജനത്തിനായി ഞാൻ നദീതീരത്തേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ, വ്യക്തമായി പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ സുരേശ്വരി ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—“അവിടെയേ നിനക്കൊണ്ട് വിസർജനം ചെയ്യിപ്പിക്കും.”
Narrator-devotee (female votary); the verse reports the Goddess’ instruction
Type: ghat (implied)
Listener: Viṣṇu (implied)
Scene: Lakṣmī proceeds toward the riverbank to perform the concluding dismissal; the Goddess becomes clearly manifest and instructs her about performing the dismissal there.
FAQs
Sacred rites are perfected through divine guidance; the Goddess directs the devotee to complete the ritual properly.
The riverbank associated with the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative context, where rites are to be concluded according to the māhātmya.
Performing visarjana—the formal concluding/dismissal rite—at the riverbank as instructed by the Goddess.