Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125
सरस्वती च सावित्री वेदमाता विभावरी । संनिधानं कुरुष्वात्र तीर्थे पाप प्रणाशिनि । सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां मंत्र एष उदाहृतः
sarasvatī ca sāvitrī vedamātā vibhāvarī | saṃnidhānaṃ kuruṣvātra tīrthe pāpa praṇāśini | sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ maṃtra eṣa udāhṛtaḥ
سرسوتی اور ساوتری—وید ماتا، نورانی دیوی—اے پاپ ناشنی تیرتھ! یہاں اپنا سننिधान قائم کرو۔ یہ منتر سبھی تیرتھوں کے لیے بیان کیا گیا ہے۔
Śiva (teaching tīrtha-invocation within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha āvāhana-mantra (Sarasvatī–Sāvitrī)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Sarasvatī with vīṇā and Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī as radiant devī appear above the tīrtha, pouring light into the water; the pilgrim chants the āvāhana for their saṃnidhāna.
FAQs
Sacred rites are strengthened by invoking divine śakti and Vedic power (Sarasvatī/Sāvitrī) to make the tīrtha spiritually present and sin-destroying.
While spoken in the Prabhāsa context, the verse explicitly frames the mantra as applicable to all tīrthas.
Invoke Sarasvatī/Sāvitrī to establish saṃnidhāna (presence) in the tīrtha; the text calls this a general mantra for tīrtha rites.