Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
पिंडारक उवाच । गणोऽहं तव देवेश भवानि त्रिपुरांतक । यथा तथा कुरु विभो नान्यन्मे हृदि वर्तते
piṃḍāraka uvāca | gaṇo'haṃ tava deveśa bhavāni tripurāṃtaka | yathā tathā kuru vibho nānyanme hṛdi vartate
Piṇḍāraka berkata: “Wahai Tuhan para dewa, wahai Tripurāntaka, wahai Bhavānī—aku ini gaṇa-Mu, hamba pengiring-Mu. Wahai Yang Maha Berkuasa, lakukanlah menurut kehendak-Mu; tiada yang lain bersemayam di hatiku.”
Piṇḍāraka
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka (speaker; tīrtha named after him)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Devēśa, Tripurāntaka)
Scene: Piṇḍāraka, a brāhmaṇa-devotee, stands before Śiva (Tripurāntaka) with intense humility, declaring himself a gaṇa and offering total compliance to divine will.
FAQs
Single-minded surrender (śaraṇāgati) to Śiva—placing no other desire in the heart.
Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha, whose māhātmya is being introduced in this chapter.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse expresses devotional surrender, which becomes the basis for later tīrtha merits.