Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
पूर्वं जाता महाराज धूममूर्तिर्भयावहा । ततो ज्वाला ततः कन्या शुक्लवासोऽनुलेपना । दृष्ट्वा तां तुष्टुवुर्देवाः कृतांजलिपुटास्ततः
pūrvaṃ jātā mahārāja dhūmamūrtirbhayāvahā | tato jvālā tataḥ kanyā śuklavāso'nulepanā | dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāstataḥ
في البدء—يا أيها الملك العظيم—ظهرت في هيئة دخانٍ مُفزِع؛ ثم في هيئة لهيب؛ ثم في هيئة فتاة، لابسةً البياض ومطيّبةً بالعطر. فلما رآها الآلهة سبّحوها، وقد ضمّوا الأكفّ بخشوع.
Narrator (addressing: mahārāja)
Tirtha: Devī-āvirbhāva-sthāna on Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A three-stage apparition: first a fearsome smoke-bodied Devī, then a blazing flame-form, then a serene maiden in white with fragrant anointing; devas stand with folded hands singing hymns.
FAQs
The Divine may appear in awe-inspiring forms before revealing a gentle, auspicious presence; reverent praise is the natural response.
Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s holy setting where Devī’s theophany is narrated.
Stuti (hymnic praise) with añjali (folded hands) as a devotional response to darśana.