Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
मंगला प्रथमं पूज्या अजादेव्युत्तरे स्थिता । राह्वीशाद्दक्षिणेभागे नातिदूरे वरानने
maṃgalā prathamaṃ pūjyā ajādevyuttare sthitā | rāhvīśāddakṣiṇebhāge nātidūre varānane
“سب سے پہلے منگلا کی پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔ وہ اجادیوی کے شمال میں قائم ہے، اور اے خوش رُو، راہویش کے جنوبی حصے میں، زیادہ دور نہیں۔”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Maṅgalā (kṣetra-śakti) station in Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Umā)
Scene: Īśvara gives precise directions: Maṅgalā is to be worshipped first; she stands north of Ajādevī and near the southern side of Rāhvīśa.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is practiced as ordered devotion—beginning with auspicious worship (Maṅgalā) and moving through a sanctified landscape.
The internal sacred map of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, locating Maṅgalā in relation to Ajādevī and Rāhvīśa.
A sequencing rule: Maṅgalā is to be worshipped first (prathamaṃ pūjyā).