Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तत्र मातृगणान्सुधीः । तत्रैव बलदेवीं च नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिताम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tatra mātṛgaṇānsudhīḥ | tatraiva baladevīṃ ca nātidūre vyavasthitām
ईश्वर उवाच—ततो महादेवि सुधीस्तत्र मातृगणान् गच्छेत्। तत्रैव नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितां बलादेवीं च पश्येत्॥
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Mātṛgaṇa-sthāna and Balādevī-sthāna (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara instructs the Great Goddess on the next pilgrimage steps; in the background, a cluster of Mātṛkā shrines (seven/eight mother-goddesses) and a nearby Balādevī temple; pilgrims move along a path with offerings.
FAQs
The māhātmya frames the tīrtha as a living sacred landscape, where visiting interconnected shrines deepens devotion and understanding.
The Mātṛgaṇa (Mātṛkā) site and the nearby shrine of Balādevī in Prabhāsakṣetra.
A pilgrimage sequence: go to the Mothers’ shrine(s) and then to Balādevī located nearby.