Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
का त्वमस्मिन्पुरे देवि वससे शिवमर्चती । ताश्चागताः स्त्रियः सर्वाः क्व गतास्ते गणेश्वराः
kā tvamasminpure devi vasase śivamarcatī | tāścāgatāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kva gatāste gaṇeśvarāḥ
“ข้าแต่เทวี ในเมืองศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ท่านเป็นผู้ใด จึงพำนักพร้อมบูชาพระศิวะ? แล้วสตรีทั้งหลายที่มานั้นไปแห่งใด? และเหล่าคเณศวร ผู้เป็นบริวารของพระศิวะ อยู่ที่ไหน?”
Narrator (questioning the celestial maiden)
Tirtha: Revā-tīra puravara/kṣetra (episode locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī-like immortal maiden
Scene: The narrator addresses the divine maiden as Devī, asking her identity and why she dwells in the sacred city worshipping Śiva; he also asks where the other women and Śiva’s gaṇas have gone—an investigative devotional moment.
FAQs
Respectful questioning in a holy place becomes the doorway to learning the tīrtha’s hidden greatness and divine order.
The ‘pura’ (sacred precinct) within Revā-kṣetra where Śiva is worshipped.
Śiva-arcana is referenced as the ongoing practice of the देवी (devi).