Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
एताश्चान्याश्च बह्व्यश्च मातरो भरतर्षभ । बहुलत्वादहं तासां न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे
etāścānyāśca bahvyaśca mātaro bharatarṣabha | bahulatvādahaṃ tāsāṃ na saṃkhyātumihotsahe
এইসকল আৰু আন বহু মাতৃগণ, হে ভাৰতসিংহ (ভরতর্ষভ), অগণন; তেওঁলোকৰ বহুলতাৰ বাবে মই ইয়াত তেওঁলোকক গণনা কৰিবলৈ সাহস নকৰোঁ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Listener: Bhārata-ṛṣabha (a foremost of the Bhāratas)
Scene: The narrator pauses, gesturing to an endless horizon of Mothers fading into the cosmic background—countless forms extending beyond the frame; the listener (Bhārata-śreṣṭha) stands in reverent awe.
FAQs
Divine powers are beyond human counting; humility before the vastness of Śakti is itself a mark of right understanding.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is the immeasurable multitude of the Mothers.
None; it is a narrative aside about the impossibility of full enumeration.