Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
उदतिष्ठत्समीपे मे तस्माद्बिल्वो भवत्वयम् । इमं वृक्षं समासाद्य भक्तितः पत्रसंचयम्
udatiṣṭhatsamīpe me tasmādbilvo bhavatvayam | imaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāsādya bhaktitaḥ patrasaṃcayam
“ഇത് എന്റെ സമീപത്ത് ഉയർന്നതിനാൽ ഇതിന് ‘ബില്വ’ എന്ന നാമം വരട്ടെ. ഈ വൃക്ഷത്തെ ഭക്തിയോടെ സമീപിച്ച് ഇതിന്റെ ഇലകൾ സമാഹരിക്കണം…”
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Bilva-vṛkṣa (sacred bilva tree)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pārvatī names the tree ‘Bilva’ because it rose near her; she instructs devotees to approach it with bhakti and gather its leaves as a sacred collection for worship.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through simple offerings—like sacred leaves—becomes a direct path to grace in holy places.
The bilva-tree tīrtha-context in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, where the tree’s very presence near Devī sanctifies the locale.
Approach the bilva tree with bhakti and collect its leaves for worship/offering.