Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
वसिष्यामि तया देव्या सहितो भृगुकच्छके । एवमुक्त्वा स्थितो देवो भृगुकच्छेऽम्बिका तथा
vasiṣyāmi tayā devyā sahito bhṛgukacchake | evamuktvā sthito devo bhṛgukacche'mbikā tathā
“میں اُس دیوی کے ساتھ بھِرگُکچھ میں قیام کروں گا۔” یہ کہہ کر بھگوان بھِرگُکچھ میں ٹھہر گئے، اور امبیکا بھی وہیں مقیم رہیں۔
Narrator within the dialogue (context: Śiva’s declaration reported)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha-kṣetra (associated tīrtha in Revā-khaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva declares his intention to dwell at Bhṛgukaccha with the Goddess; both remain there, sanctifying the landscape—riverbank, shrine, and gathered sages.
FAQs
The permanence of divine presence establishes a site as a living tīrtha—pilgrimage is not merely geographic but relational to the abiding deity.
Bhṛgukaccha (within the Bhṛgu sacred region), where Śiva and Ambikā are said to abide.
No direct prescription; it confirms the sthāna (abode) of Śiva and Ambikā, forming the basis for worship and pilgrimage.