Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86
शङ्खोद्धारे ध्वनिर्नाम धृतिः पिण्डारके तथा । काला तु चन्द्रभागायामच्छोदे शक्तिधारिणी
śaṅkhoddhāre dhvanirnāma dhṛtiḥ piṇḍārake tathā | kālā tu candrabhāgāyāmacchode śaktidhāriṇī
ณศังคโคธาร พระนางทรงพระนามว่า ธวณิ คือเสียงก้องอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์; ณปินฑารก ทรงเป็น ธฤติ คือความมั่นคงอดทน; ณแม่น้ำจันทรภาคา ทรงเป็น กาลา; และ ณอัจโฉท ทรงเป็น ศักติธาริณี ผู้ทรงไว้ซึ่งพลังทิพย์
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhoddhāra; Piṇḍāraka; Candrabhāgā; Acchoda
Type: tirtha
Listener: Pilgrimage audience seeking kṣetra-identifications of Devī
Scene: Four sacred stations: Śaṅkhoddhāra with a giant conch emitting luminous sound-waves as Devī Dhvani; Piṇḍāraka with Devī Dhṛti holding a staff and steady gaze; Candrabhāgā river with Devī Kālā in dark-blue aura holding a noose/time-wheel; Acchoda lake with Devī Śaktidhāriṇī bearing a spear/trident of energy.
FAQs
The Goddess is experienced as inner spiritual qualities—resonance, fortitude, power—anchored in outward pilgrimage sites that awaken them.
Śaṅkhoddhāra, Piṇḍāraka, the Candrabhāgā river, and Acchoda are named as distinct tīrthas where Devī is worshipped in specific aspects.
No explicit prescription is stated; the tīrtha-nāmas suggest customary snāna and pūjā aligned with each site’s Devī-form.