Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
देव्युवाच । तत्रैव पर्वते स्थास्ये ह्यर्बुदेऽहं सुरोत्तमाः । अभीष्टः पर्वतोऽस्माकं सं सदाऽर्बुदसंज्ञितः
devyuvāca | tatraiva parvate sthāsye hyarbude'haṃ surottamāḥ | abhīṣṭaḥ parvato'smākaṃ saṃ sadā'rbudasaṃjñitaḥ
Nữ Thần phán: “Ngay tại đó, trên núi Arbuda, Ta sẽ ngự, hỡi các bậc tối thượng trong chư thiên. Núi này là nơi Ta yêu mến, và mãi mãi sẽ được gọi bằng danh ‘Arbuda’.”
Devī (Sureśvarī / Kātyāyanī in the māhātmya setting)
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Scene: The Goddess declares her intent to remain on Mount Arbuda; the mountain is shown as a sacred peak with a radiant shrine emerging, devas listening in reverence.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sacred when the Divine chooses to dwell there; divine presence is the root of a place’s enduring holiness.
Arbuda mountain (Arbuda Parvata), traditionally identified with the Mount Abu sacred landscape.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the Goddess’s permanent residence, forming the basis for later darśana and vrata practices.