Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
अहं चैव वसिष्यामि अम्बिका च मम प्रिया । सर्वदुःखापहा देवी नाम्ना सौभाग्यसुन्दरी
ahaṃ caiva vasiṣyāmi ambikā ca mama priyā | sarvaduḥkhāpahā devī nāmnā saubhāgyasundarī
मीही येथेच वसती करीन आणि माझी प्रिया अंबिकाही. ती देवी सर्व दुःखांचा नाश करणारी असून ‘सौभाग्यसुंदरी’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे.
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha
Scene: Śiva declares his abiding presence with Ambikā; the Goddess appears as Saubhāgyasundarī—radiant, benevolent, removing sorrow—beside Śiva, with the kṣetra landscape sanctified by their aura.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctified by divine residence—Śiva and Śakti’s abiding presence makes the site a refuge from sorrow.
The Bhṛgukṣetra/Bhṛgukaccha sacred region, where Śiva declares his dwelling with Ambikā.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the deity-form and the promised removal of suffering through her presence.