Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
उत्तरस्यां तथा देवी संस्थिता योगनंदिनी । परमप्रकृतेर्देहात्पूर्वं निःसृतया यया
uttarasyāṃ tathā devī saṃsthitā yoganaṃdinī | paramaprakṛterdehātpūrvaṃ niḥsṛtayā yayā
उत्तरस्यां दिशि देवी योगनन्दिनी प्रतिष्ठिता। या परमा प्रकृतेर्देहात् पूर्वं निःसृतशक्तिरभूत्॥
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Tirtha: Yoganandinī-sthāna (northern seat)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A northern shrine where Devī Yoganandinī stands, depicted as emerging from the luminous body of Paramā Prakṛti—an abstract, cosmic mother-form—while the directional mandala of the kṣetra is hinted around her.
FAQs
Yoga and cosmic origin are unified in the Goddess; Yoganandinī embodies the primal power issuing from Supreme Nature and guarding the world.
No named tīrtha; the verse sanctifies the northern direction through Yoganandinī’s establishment.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse.