Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
वेवेति स्कन्दरचनाद्भवानी चात्र संस्थिता । अतो यन्नाधिकं प्रोक्तं तीर्थं देवि मया तव
veveti skandaracanādbhavānī cātra saṃsthitā | ato yannādhikaṃ proktaṃ tīrthaṃ devi mayā tava
سکند کے کلام ‘ویوے!’ سے بھوانی بھی یہاں قائم ہو گئیں۔ اس لیے، اے دیوی، میں نے تم سے اس تیرتھ کا بیان کیا؛ اس سے بڑھ کر کچھ کہنے کو باقی نہیں۔
Sārasvata (inferred)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Śiva-Śakti sannidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Skanda (Kārttikeya) stands in a sanctified space, uttering a potent syllabic cry ‘Veve’; from the vibration, Bhavānī manifests or becomes seated/installed beside Bhava, forming a Śiva-Śakti shrine aura; the landscape glows as if responding to sound.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when both Śiva and Śakti are affirmed as present—completing the sacred wholeness of the place.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, presented as an unsurpassed tīrtha in this section.
No direct ritual instruction; the verse concludes the praise of the tīrtha’s supreme status.