Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
एवमेताः पश्चिमायामुत्तरस्यामतः शृणु । तिस्रो देव्यश्चोत्तरस्यामेकवीरामुखाः स्थिताः
evametāḥ paścimāyāmuttarasyāmataḥ śṛṇu | tisro devyaścottarasyāmekavīrāmukhāḥ sthitāḥ
یوں یہ دیویاں مغرب میں ہیں؛ اب شمال کے بارے میں سنو۔ شمالی سمت میں تین دیویاں قائم ہیں، جن کی سردار ایکویرا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Ekavīrā-pramukhāḥ (northern triad)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Inquirer (implied)
Scene: A narrator gestures from west to north on a sacred mandala-map, indicating three northern goddesses with Ekavīrā foremost.
FAQs
Sacred power is mapped onto geography: the Purāṇa teaches devotees to recognize divine presences in specific directions and locales.
The verse introduces northern Śakti-sthānas headed by Ekavīrā; the precise sites are expected in subsequent verses.
No specific rite is stated here; it transitions the catalogue of Goddess-stations by direction.