Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
पूर्वे तु विद्यते देवी आनंदानंददायिनी । वसंती चोत्तरे देव्यो नानारूपधरा मुदा
pūrve tu vidyate devī ānaṃdānaṃdadāyinī | vasaṃtī cottare devyo nānārūpadharā mudā
مشرق میں دیوی آنندا ہے جو خوشی اور سرور بخشتی ہے۔ اور شمال میں وسنتی براجمان ہے؛ دیگر دیویاں بھی گوناگوں روپ دھار کر مسرت کے ساتھ وہاں رہتی ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Ānandā and Vasantī shrines (within Dharmāraṇya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sunrise over Dharmāraṇya: the eastern shrine of Ānandā glowing with first light; to the north, Vasantī amid flowering trees and garlands; other Devīs appear joyfully in varied forms, as if the forest itself celebrates.
FAQs
Devī bestows ānanda (bliss) through her presence in the tīrtha; pilgrimage is portrayed as entering a living mandala of sacred directions.
Dharmāraṇya, through the east (Ānandā) and north (Vasantī) Devī-sthānas.
No explicit prescription; it indicates where to find specific Devī-forms within the sacred geography.