Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
दृष्ट्वा तं विधिवद्देवि ततो यक्षवनं व्रजेत् । मंगलात्पश्चिमे भागे यत्र देवी स्वयं स्थिता
dṛṣṭvā taṃ vidhivaddevi tato yakṣavanaṃ vrajet | maṃgalātpaścime bhāge yatra devī svayaṃ sthitā
اے دیوی! اس کے دیدار کو شاستری طریقے سے کر کے پھر یَکشَوَن کی طرف جانا چاہیے۔ منگلا کے مغربی حصے میں وہ مقام ہے جہاں دیوی خود مقیم ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Yakṣavana (Devī-sannidhi west of Maṅgala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A pilgrim couple or group, having completed darśana at a prior shrine, walks westward toward a sacred grove called Yakṣavana; within the grove, Devī is envisioned as self-present, seated beneath a tree or within a simple shrine.
FAQs
Properly performed darśana and orderly pilgrimage lead the devotee through a sanctified landscape where the Goddess is tangibly present.
Yakṣavana, described as the place where Devī herself resides.
Vidhi-vat darśana first (proper visitation), then proceeding to the next sacred station (Yakṣavana).