Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
नारायणगृहात्सौम्ये नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिता । तस्या मध्ये महादेवि तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
nārāyaṇagṛhātsaumye nātidūre vyavasthitā | tasyā madhye mahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
ഹേ സൗമ്യേ! അവൾ നാരായണഗൃഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അതിദൂരമല്ലാതെ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു. ഹേ മഹാദേവി! അവളുടെ മദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ ത്രിലോകവിഖ്യാതമായ ഒരു തീർത്ഥമുണ്ട്.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Devī / Mahādevī (vocatives: saumye, mahādevi)
Scene: A sacred landscape in Prabhāsa: a serene tīrtha at the center, with a nearby shrine/abode of Nārāyaṇa indicated in the distance; the narrator addresses a goddess/Devi figure, emphasizing the tīrtha’s fame across the three worlds.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is reflected in its universal renown and its placement within a divinely ordered sacred landscape.
A trailokya-famous tīrtha located within the Nyanku-matī river, near Nārāyaṇa’s abode, is being indicated (named in the next verse).
No explicit rite; the verse provides proximity guidance for pilgrims.