Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्ताः सुरा देव्या प्रहृष्टास्त्रिदिवं ययुः । सापि देवी गिरौ तत्र गत्वा चैवार्बुदे नृप
pulastya uvāca | evamuktāḥ surā devyā prahṛṣṭāstridivaṃ yayuḥ | sāpi devī girau tatra gatvā caivārbude nṛpa
Pulastya disse: “Assim, tendo sido assim exortados pela Deusa, os deuses, jubilosos, foram para Tridiva, o céu. E a própria Deusa também foi àquela montanha, a Arbuda, ó rei.”
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda (Devī-sthāna on Arbuda-giri)
Type: peak
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: Pulastya narrates as the devas, delighted by Devī’s words, ascend to Svarga; Devī journeys toward Arbuda mountain, the landscape shifting from celestial to rugged sacred hill.
FAQs
When the Divine takes residence in a place, that locale becomes a living tīrtha, worthy of pilgrimage and remembrance.
Arbuda mountain, presented as the Goddess’s chosen abode.
No direct prescription; it narrates the establishment of the Goddess at Arbuda, grounding later darśana-based observances.