Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा तु सा देवी समंताद्देवकिंनरैः । स्तूयमाना ययौ स्वर्गं मुक्त्वा ते पादुके शुभे
pulastya uvāca | evamuktvā tu sā devī samaṃtāddevakiṃnaraiḥ | stūyamānā yayau svargaṃ muktvā te pāduke śubhe
ਪੁਲਸਤ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਇਉਂ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਦੇਵੀ, ਦੇਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਕਿੰਨਰਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਚੌਹੀਂ ਪਾਸੀਂ ਸਤੁਤੀਤ ਹੋਂਦੀ, ਸਵਰਗ ਨੂੰ ਚਲੀ ਗਈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਪਾਦੁਕਾਵਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਛੱਡ ਗਈ।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pulastya narrates as the Goddess, surrounded by devas and kinnaras singing praise, ascends to svarga; below, the auspicious sandals remain on earth at Arbuda as a sanctified object of worship.
FAQs
Even when the deity departs, divine relics/signs (like pādukās) remain as enduring channels of grace for pilgrims.
Arbuda (Mount Abu), through the establishment of the auspicious pādukās as a sacred focus.
Implicitly, veneration of the pādukās as a sacred object of worship at the site.
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