Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि हिरण्यातटसंस्थितम् । घटिकास्थानमिति च यत्र सिद्धः पुरा ऋषिः
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi hiraṇyātaṭasaṃsthitam | ghaṭikāsthānamiti ca yatra siddhaḥ purā ṛṣiḥ
ஈஸ்வரன் உரைத்தான்—அதன்பின், ஓ மகாதேவி, ஹிரண்யா நதிக்கரையில் அமைந்த ‘கடிகாஸ்தானம்’ எனப்படும் தலத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்; அங்கே முற்காலத்தில் ஒரு ரிஷி சித்தி பெற்றார்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ghaṭikāsthāna (on Hiraṇyā-taṭa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: Śiva directs Devī toward a quiet riverbank; a small ghat-like landing (ghaṭikā) appears, with an aura-marked spot where an ancient sage once achieved siddhi.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is mapped as a dhārmic journey: visiting siddha-sthānas (places of realized sages) awakens faith and supports inner accomplishment.
Ghaṭikāsthāna, located on the Hiraṇyā bank, within the Prabhāsa sacred region.
A general injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to the site as part of tīrtha-yātrā; no specific rite is detailed in this verse.