Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्य तुष्टाऽभवद्देवि सावित्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया । भूर्भुवःस्वरितीत्येषा साक्षान्मूर्तिमती स्थिता
tasya tuṣṭā'bhavaddevi sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā | bhūrbhuvaḥsvaritītyeṣā sākṣānmūrtimatī sthitā
اے دیوی! برہما کی محبوب ساوتری اس پر خوش ہوئیں۔ وہ وہاں ساکھات مجسم ہو کر قائم ہوئیں—گویا ‘بھور بھووہ سْوَہ’ کے منتر کی عین قوت۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: Sāvitrī appears in embodied form, radiant, as the living power of the vyāhṛtis ‘bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ’, blessing the king; her presence is luminous and mantra-like.
FAQs
Mantra is not merely sound but living śakti; sincere tīrtha-vrata can culminate in divine grace and direct encounter.
Sāvitrī-sthala at Prabhāsa, where Sāvitrī grants presence and grace.
Implicitly, mantra-centered devotion connected to Sāvitrī (linked with the vyāhṛtis) alongside vrata observance.