Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
अहं चैव वसिष्यामि अम्बिका च मम प्रिया । सर्वदुःखापहा देवी नाम्ना सौभाग्यसुन्दरी
ahaṃ caiva vasiṣyāmi ambikā ca mama priyā | sarvaduḥkhāpahā devī nāmnā saubhāgyasundarī
میں بھی یہیں قیام کروں گا، اور میری محبوبہ امبیکا بھی۔ وہ دیوی جو ہر دکھ کو دور کرنے والی ہے، ‘سَوبھاگیہ سُندری’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha
Scene: Śiva declares his abiding presence with Ambikā; the Goddess appears as Saubhāgyasundarī—radiant, benevolent, removing sorrow—beside Śiva, with the kṣetra landscape sanctified by their aura.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctified by divine residence—Śiva and Śakti’s abiding presence makes the site a refuge from sorrow.
The Bhṛgukṣetra/Bhṛgukaccha sacred region, where Śiva declares his dwelling with Ambikā.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the deity-form and the promised removal of suffering through her presence.