Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
इमे मत्पादुके दिव्ये गुहामध्यगते सदा । सर्वाभिः सेवनीये च न गन्तव्यं बहिः क्वचित्
ime matpāduke divye guhāmadhyagate sadā | sarvābhiḥ sevanīye ca na gantavyaṃ bahiḥ kvacit
माझ्या या दिव्य पादुका सदैव गुहेच्या मध्यभागी (हृदयस्थानी) आहेत। सर्वांनी त्यांची सेवा-पूजा करावी; येथून बाहेर कुठेही जाऊ नये।
Ambā (Devī/Mother Goddess)
Type: cave
Scene: Inside a dim, sanctified cave: a small pedestal holds radiant divine pādukās; devotees offer lamps and flowers; the cave walls glow with reflected light; the sense is intimate and inward.
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Steadfast devotion at the sacred locus (the cave-shrine) is praised; the pādukā becomes the focal icon of grace and liberation.
A cave-centered tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, marked by the perpetual presence of the Devī’s divine pādukā.
Continuous sevā (service/reverence) of the divine pādukā and remaining within the sanctified cave precinct.