Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्य तुष्टाऽभवद्देवि सावित्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया । भूर्भुवःस्वरितीत्येषा साक्षान्मूर्तिमती स्थिता
tasya tuṣṭā'bhavaddevi sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā | bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritītyeṣā sākṣānmūrtimatī sthitā
தேவி! பிரம்மனின் பிரியையான சாவித்ரீ அவன்மேல் மகிழ்ந்தாள்; ‘பூர்புவः ஸ்வः’ என்ற உச்சாரண-சக்தியே சாட்சாத் உருவமெடுத்து அங்கே நின்றாள்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: Sāvitrī appears in embodied form, radiant, as the living power of the vyāhṛtis ‘bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ’, blessing the king; her presence is luminous and mantra-like.
FAQs
Mantra is not merely sound but living śakti; sincere tīrtha-vrata can culminate in divine grace and direct encounter.
Sāvitrī-sthala at Prabhāsa, where Sāvitrī grants presence and grace.
Implicitly, mantra-centered devotion connected to Sāvitrī (linked with the vyāhṛtis) alongside vrata observance.