Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
ब्रह्मणस्त्वं सुता देवी तुलानाम्नेति कथ्यते । तुकारो गौरवे नित्यं लकारो लघुनि स्मृतः
brahmaṇastvaṃ sutā devī tulānāmneti kathyate | tukāro gaurave nityaṃ lakāro laghuni smṛtaḥ
“اے دیوی! تو برہما کی دختر ہے؛ تُو ‘تُلا’ (ترازو) کے نام سے کہلاتی ہے۔ ‘تُ’ کا حرف ہمیشہ گراں باری سے وابستہ ہے، اور ‘لا’ کا حرف سبک باری کے طور پر یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔”
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; mantra portion quoted)
Tirtha: Tulā-devī (personified balance)
Scene: A visionary overlay: above the physical balance appears Tulā-devī—radiant, holding a balance, emerging from Brahmā’s creative aura; the syllables ‘tu’ and ‘lā’ appear as luminous script signifying heavy and light.
FAQs
Justice is sacralized by invoking divine order; the balance is revered as a goddess embodying weight and lightness.
No site is mentioned; the verse is part of a mantra-invocation within a dharma rite.
Invocation/identification of Tulā as a देवी and recitation of a mantra explaining heaviness and lightness.