Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
ऐशानि देवि वाराहि नारसिंहि जयप्रदे । कौमारि कुलकल्याणि कृपेश्वरि नमोऽस्तु ते
aiśāni devi vārāhi nārasiṃhi jayaprade | kaumāri kulakalyāṇi kṛpeśvari namo'stu te
হে দেবী ঐশানী, বাৰাহী, নাৰসিংহী—জয়প্ৰদায়িনী; হে কৌমাৰী, কুলকল্যাণকাৰিণী, কৃপাৰ অধীশ্বৰী—তোমাক নমস্কাৰ।
Bhīma
Listener: Devī in Mātṛkā forms
Scene: A dynamic tableau of Mātṛkā energies: Aiśānī (Śiva’s direction), Vārāhī (boar-faced), Nārasiṃhī (lion-faced), and Kaumārī (youthful spear-bearing), all radiating victory and compassion toward the supplicant Bhīma.
FAQs
Devī grants both worldly triumph (jaya) and dharmic well-being—protecting families and uplifting devotees through compassion.
No specific site is named in this verse; it is a praise of Devī through her Mātṛkā forms.
None explicit; recitation of Devī’s names (nāma-stuti) is implied as a devotional act.