Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्ताः सुरा देव्या प्रहृष्टास्त्रिदिवं ययुः । सापि देवी गिरौ तत्र गत्वा चैवार्बुदे नृप
pulastya uvāca | evamuktāḥ surā devyā prahṛṣṭāstridivaṃ yayuḥ | sāpi devī girau tatra gatvā caivārbude nṛpa
पुलस्त्य म्हणाले—देवीने असे सांगितल्यावर देवगण अत्यंत हर्षित होऊन त्रिदिवास गेले. आणि ती देवीही, हे नृप, तेथे त्या पर्वतावर जाऊन अर्बुदात निवास करू लागली.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda (Devī-sthāna on Arbuda-giri)
Type: peak
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: Pulastya narrates as the devas, delighted by Devī’s words, ascend to Svarga; Devī journeys toward Arbuda mountain, the landscape shifting from celestial to rugged sacred hill.
FAQs
When the Divine takes residence in a place, that locale becomes a living tīrtha, worthy of pilgrimage and remembrance.
Arbuda mountain, presented as the Goddess’s chosen abode.
No direct prescription; it narrates the establishment of the Goddess at Arbuda, grounding later darśana-based observances.