Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
सरस्वत्युवाच । अहं सरस्वती देवी सदास्मिन्वरपर्वते । निशासुखे त्रयोदश्यां करोमि वसतिं द्विज । तस्मात्त्वं प्रार्थय वरं यदभीष्टं सुदुर्लभम्
sarasvatyuvāca | ahaṃ sarasvatī devī sadāsminvaraparvate | niśāsukhe trayodaśyāṃ karomi vasatiṃ dvija | tasmāttvaṃ prārthaya varaṃ yadabhīṣṭaṃ sudurlabham
सरस्वती म्हणाली—मी देवी सरस्वती; या श्रेष्ठ पर्वतावर मी सदैव वास करते. हे द्विज, त्रयोदशीच्या रात्रारंभी, सुखद निशामुखी मी येथे निवास करते. म्हणून तू वर माग—तुला जे अभिष्ट आहे, ते जरी अत्यंत दुर्लभ असले तरी.
Sarasvatī
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-sthāna on Varaparvata (Arbuda)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sarasvatī appears on Arbuda at the onset of night on trayodaśī, addressing the brāhmaṇa with reassurance and inviting him to ask a boon; moonrise and deepening blue sky frame her luminous form with vīṇā and swan.
FAQs
Sacred places have sacred times; aligning devotion with a tithi and site invites exceptional grace and rare boons.
A sacred ‘vara-parvata’ (excellent mountain) in the Arbuda region where Sarasvatī is said to dwell.
Observance connected to Trayodaśī at night (niśā-sukha), implying a special auspicious time for worship/approach at this site.