Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
उत्पत्तिपालनविनाशकरी च या वै कृत्वाग्रतः सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि । सा चेतनेन ददृशे पुरतो हरेण संमोहनी सकलमंगलमंगलैका
utpattipālanavināśakarī ca yā vai kṛtvāgrataḥ sattvarajastamāṃsi | sā cetanena dadṛśe purato hareṇa saṃmohanī sakalamaṃgalamaṃgalaikā
هي التي تُجري الخلقَ والحفظَ والفناءَ حقًّا—بعد أن جعلت أمامها صفاتِ السَّتْفَا والرَّجَس والتَّمَس—قد رآها هارا حينئذٍ وجهًا لوجه بوعيٍ تام. هي المُسَحِّرة، وهي وحدها أسمى البركات بين كلِّ ما هو مبارك.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī stands before Hara as the conscious revelation of cosmic power: subtle symbols of the three guṇas (white/red/black) emanate as streams or halos; behind them, faint imagery of creation-preservation-dissolution cycles; Devī radiates singular auspiciousness.
FAQs
All cosmic processes operate through Śakti and the guṇas; liberation begins by recognizing the source beyond enchantment—supreme auspiciousness itself.
Kedāra-kṣetra, where the text frames profound metaphysics as part of the place’s revelatory sacredness.
No direct prescription; it provides a doctrinal basis for Devī worship and guṇa-transcending contemplation.