Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6
आशापुरी च गात्राई छत्राई ज्ञानजा तथा । पिप्पलांबा तथा शांता सिद्धा भट्टारिका तथा
āśāpurī ca gātrāī chatrāī jñānajā tathā | pippalāṃbā tathā śāṃtā siddhā bhaṭṭārikā tathā
اسی دھرماآرنیا میں آشا پوری، گاتْرائی، چھترائی اور گیانجا دیویاں ہیں؛ نیز پِپّلاَمبا، شانتا، سدّھا اور بھٹّارِکا بھی وہاں جلوہ گر ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within a Māhātmya section)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred forest clearing marked by multiple small shrines/stone pīṭhas, each bearing a different Devī-name; pilgrims move clockwise with lamps and flowers, the atmosphere dense with banyan/peepal shade.
FAQs
The sacred forest is protected and sanctified by many forms of Devī; remembering their names affirms faith in divine guardianship and wish-fulfillment.
Dharmāraṇya (the ‘Forest of Dharma’) within the Brahmakhaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it primarily enumerates Devī-nāmas connected to the site.