Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि हिरण्यातटसंस्थितम् । घटिकास्थानमिति च यत्र सिद्धः पुरा ऋषिः
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyātaṭasaṃsthitam | ghaṭikāsthānamiti ca yatra siddhaḥ purā ṛṣiḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले—त्यानंतर, हे महादेवी, हिरण्या नदीच्या तटावर स्थित ‘घटिकास्थान’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध स्थानी जावे, जिथे प्राचीन काळी एका ऋषींनी सिद्धी प्राप्त केली होती।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ghaṭikāsthāna (on Hiraṇyā-taṭa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: Śiva directs Devī toward a quiet riverbank; a small ghat-like landing (ghaṭikā) appears, with an aura-marked spot where an ancient sage once achieved siddhi.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a dhārmic journey: visiting siddha-sthānas (places of realized sages) awakens faith and supports inner accomplishment.
Ghaṭikāsthāna, located on the Hiraṇyā bank, within the Prabhāsa sacred region.
A general injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to the site as part of tīrtha-yātrā; no specific rite is detailed in this verse.