Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27
सितासिते तु यत्पुण्यमन्यतीर्थे विशेषतः । अर्बुदे विद्यते पुण्यं पुण्यं चामरपर्वते
sitāsite tu yatpuṇyamanyatīrthe viśeṣataḥ | arbude vidyate puṇyaṃ puṇyaṃ cāmaraparvate
روشن اور تاریک پکش میں دوسرے تیرتھوں پر جو خاص پُنّیہ ہوتا ہے، وہی پُنّیہ اربُد میں بھی موجود ہے، اور اَمَر پربت میں بھی پُنّیہ ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Arbuda; Amara-parvata
Type: peak
Listener: Śrotṛ community/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: Two sacred mountains are praised as holding the special merits of all other tīrthas in both bright and dark fortnights; pilgrims ascend with offerings while lunar phases are symbolically shown.
FAQs
Certain sacred mountains concentrate the merit of many tīrthas, effective across both lunar fortnights.
Arbuda (Mount Abu) and Amara-parvata are explicitly praised.
No single rite is specified here; the verse frames the time-cycle (bright/dark fortnights) as relevant for accruing tīrtha merit.