Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 121
यत्र जातोऽसि कौतेय पांडोस्त्वं सोदरैः सह । कुमारी च महाभागा स्तंभतीर्थस्थिता सती
yatra jāto'si kauteya pāṃḍostvaṃ sodaraiḥ saha | kumārī ca mahābhāgā staṃbhatīrthasthitā satī
हे कौन्तेय! ज्या ठिकाणी तू पांडूचा पुत्र होऊन आपल्या सहोदर भावांसह जन्मलास, त्याच ठिकाणी स्तंभतीर्थात महाभागा सती कुमारी वास करते.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame
Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Kunteya (son of Kuntī)
Scene: A tīrtha marked by a sacred pillar (stambha) near water; Kumārī Devī stands or is envisioned as abiding there, while a Kunteya (Pāṇḍava) is addressed, evoking the memory of birth and brothers.
FAQs
Holy places are validated through divine presence and sacred memory; tīrthas become living sanctuaries where virtue (satī) abides.
Stambhatīrtha is explicitly named and exalted by the abiding presence of Kumārī.
None directly; the verse establishes the sanctity of the site through presence and sacred association.