Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
भविष्यति जयो नूनं त्वत्प्रसादादसंशयम् । एवं सा देवदेवेन प्रोक्ता केलीश्वरी तदा
bhaviṣyati jayo nūnaṃ tvatprasādādasaṃśayam | evaṃ sā devadevena proktā kelīśvarī tadā
إن النصرَ آتٍ لا محالة—بلا ريب—بفضلِ رضاك. وهكذا، في ذلك الحين، خاطب ديفاديفا كيلِيشْوَرِي بهذا القول.
Devadeva (Śiva) (with narrative closure by the Purāṇic narrator)
Scene: Devadeva (Śiva) addresses Kelīśvarī, granting assurance of victory by his grace; the moment is intimate yet martial—boon-like speech before battle.
FAQs
Prasāda (divine favor) is portrayed as the decisive cause behind success; devotion is the means, grace is the fruition.
The passage is situated in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse functions as a narrative affirmation of the stotra’s fruit rather than site-description.
No new rite is added here; it reiterates the assured fruit (jaya) arising from the Goddess’s grace.