Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
यदि न स्यान्महामाया ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवार्चिता । तव देहोद्भवः पार्थ कथं स्यात्तत्त्वतो वद
yadi na syānmahāmāyā brahmaviṣṇuśivārcitā | tava dehodbhavaḥ pārtha kathaṃ syāttattvato vada
যদি মহামায়া—যাক ব্ৰহ্মা, বিষ্ণু আৰু শিৱে আৰাধনা কৰে—নাথাকিলেহেঁতেন, তেন্তে হে পাৰ্থ! তোমাৰ দেহ-উৎপত্তি কেনেকৈ সম্ভৱ হ’ল? তত্ত্বমতে সত্য কোৱা।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Pārtha (addressed)
Scene: A disputant challenges ‘Pārtha’ with a pointed question: without Mahāmāyā worshipped by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, how could bodily birth occur? The Trimūrti appear as witnesses to Devī’s supremacy.
FAQs
Devī as Mahāmāyā is affirmed as foundational to manifestation; even embodied existence depends upon Śakti.
No site is named; the verse is theological, praising Devī’s cosmic necessity.
No direct ritual is stated; it implicitly supports Devī-arcana (worship of the Goddess).