Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पार्वत्युवाच । अहो तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं गिरे रैवतकस्य च । भवस्य देवदेवस्य तथा वस्त्रापथस्य च
pārvatyuvāca | aho tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ gire raivatakasya ca | bhavasya devadevasya tathā vastrāpathasya ca
ปารวตีตรัสว่า: “โอ้หนอ! มหิมาแห่งตีรถะนี้ยิ่งใหญ่จริง ทั้งแห่งภูเขาไรเวตกะ ทั้งแห่งภวะ—เทพเหนือเทพ—และเช่นเดียวกันแห่งวัสตราปถะ”
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha (with Raivataka-giri association)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (implied)
Scene: Pārvatī, seated beside Śiva, gestures toward a distant sacred landscape: the massif of Raivataka rising behind a tīrtha and the Vastrāpatha shrine; her expression is wonder at the mahātmyā.
FAQs
Reverence for tīrtha and deity arises from recognizing their māhātmya—sacred geography is a pathway to devotion.
Vastrāpatha tīrtha and Mount Raivataka in the Prabhāsa region, centered on Bhava (Śiva).
None directly; it is an उद्घाटन (opening) praise that introduces the next teaching.