Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
भृगुणा हि तपस्तप्तं स्थापिता यत्र चांबिका । भृग्वर्चिता ततो देवी प्रसिद्धा श्रूयते क्षितौ
bhṛguṇā hi tapastaptaṃ sthāpitā yatra cāṃbikā | bhṛgvarcitā tato devī prasiddhā śrūyate kṣitau
जिथे भृगूंनी तप केले आणि तेथेच अंबिकेची स्थापना झाली; म्हणून भृगूंनी अर्चिलेली देवी पृथ्वीवर प्रसिद्ध आहे असे ऐकिवात आहे।
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Ambikā-sthāna (Bhṛgu-arcita)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Bhṛgu in intense austerity near the coast; Ambikā appears and is installed as a radiant goddess with lion symbolism, surrounded by attendants and ritual fire.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is reinforced by ṛṣi-tapas and the establishment of living divine presence through consecration and worship.
An Ambikā/Devī-sthāna in the Dvārakā Māhātmya circuit, linked to Bhṛgu’s austerities and worship.
No explicit rite is commanded; the verse provides the shrine’s sacred origin (tapas and स्थापना).