Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । भूतमातेति संहृष्टा ग्रामेग्रामे पुरेपुरे । गायन्नृत्यन्हसंल्लोकः सर्वतः परिधावति
devyuvāca | bhūtamāteti saṃhṛṣṭā grāmegrāme purepure | gāyannṛtyanhasaṃllokaḥ sarvataḥ paridhāvati
Dewi bersabda: Dengan sukacita, orang ramai di setiap desa dan setiap kota berlari ke segala arah, sambil menyanyi, menari dan tertawa, melaungkan: “Bhūtamātā!”
Pārvatī / Devī
Tirtha: Bhūtamātṛkā-nāma-prabhāva (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī describes crowds in every village and town running in all directions, singing, dancing, laughing, and shouting ‘Bhūtamātā!’—a kinetic street-festival scene with devotional frenzy.
FAQs
It highlights the powerful social pull of sacred places and deities—devotion can sweep through entire communities.
The Bhūtamātṛkā setting within Prabhāsakṣetra, where her name becomes a public chant.
No formal rite is prescribed here; it describes communal celebration and invocation of Bhūtamātā’s name.