Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
नमस्ते पद्मपत्राक्षि विश्वमातर्नमोनमः । नमस्ते वरदे देवि रजःसत्त्वतमोमयि
namaste padmapatrākṣi viśvamātarnamonamaḥ | namaste varade devi rajaḥsattvatamomayi
হে পদ্মপত্ৰ-নয়নী দেৱী, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ। হে বিশ্বমাতা, পুনঃ পুনঃ নমো নমঃ। হে বৰদায়িনী দেৱী, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ—তুমি ৰজঃ, সত্ত্ব আৰু তমঃৰূপে ব্যাপ্ত।
Devāḥ (the gods) — inferred from the stuti sequence
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Scene: A devotee offers repeated prostrations to a lotus-eyed Goddess envisioned as the cosmic Mother, her aura showing the three guṇas as three interwoven hues, with a sacred mountain backdrop.
FAQs
The Goddess is both compassionate boon-giver and the cosmic ground of nature’s three guṇas—intimate as Mother, vast as reality.
The Arbuda-khaṇḍa context within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, where Devī’s glory is celebrated.
Devī-namaskāra and stotra recitation, emphasizing her maternal and cosmic aspects.