Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
तस्मात्त्वमपि कल्याणि पूजयैनां समाहिता । संप्राप्स्यसि सुसौभाग्यं मैत्रेय्या सदृशं शुभे
tasmāttvamapi kalyāṇi pūjayaināṃ samāhitā | saṃprāpsyasi susaubhāgyaṃ maitreyyā sadṛśaṃ śubhe
সেয়ে হেতু, হে কল্যাণী, তুমিো মন একাগ্ৰ কৰি এই দেৱীক পূজা কৰা। হে শুভে, তুমি মৈত্রেয়্যাৰ সদৃশ উত্তম দাম্পত্য-সৌভাগ্য লাভ কৰিবা।
Śāṇḍilyā (to Kātyāyanī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kātyāyanī
Scene: Śāṇḍilyā instructs Kātyāyanī to worship the Goddess with focused mind; the promise of ‘sau-bhāgya like Maitreyyā’ is conveyed as a blessing, with the Devī’s presence implied at a shrine or icon.
FAQs
Single-minded devotion in worship of the Goddess is praised as a direct cause of auspiciousness and well-being in household life.
This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but the snippet emphasizes the vratas’ merit more than naming a particular tirtha.
To worship the Goddess (Gaurī) with a focused, disciplined mind to obtain saubhāgya.