Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
यस्मादत्र त्वया सम्यङ्न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे शुभे । आराधितोऽहं विधिवत्कृत्वा मूर्त्तिं महीमयीम्
yasmādatra tvayā samyaṅnyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe | ārādhito'haṃ vidhivatkṛtvā mūrttiṃ mahīmayīm
Kerana di sini, di tebing yang suci dan bertuah di sungai Nyaṅkumatī, engkau telah memuja-Ku dengan sempurna menurut tata cara, setelah membentuk arca daripada tanah,
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from first-person ‘aham’ and continuation of boons/places)
Tirtha: Nyaṅkumatī-tīra (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Scene: On a serene riverbank, the devotee kneads clean clay and shapes a small earthen image; offerings of water, bilva leaves, and flowers are arranged; Śiva’s subtle presence is suggested by a gentle aura above the mūrti.
FAQs
Ritual correctness (vidhi) joined with devotion sanctifies place and practitioner; even simple earth-made worship becomes spiritually potent.
The auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Worship of Śiva performed vidhivat, including forming a mahīmayī mūrti (earth/clay image) as part of the rite.