Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
देवा ऊचुः । नमस्ते देवदेवेशि नमस्ते कांचनप्रभे । नमस्ते पद्मपत्राक्षि नमस्ते जगदम्बिके
devā ūcuḥ | namaste devadeveśi namaste kāṃcanaprabhe | namaste padmapatrākṣi namaste jagadambike
দেৱাসকলে ক’লে: নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে দেবদেবেশী; নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে কাঁচনপ্ৰভা। নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে পদ্মপত্ৰাক্ষী; নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে জগদম্বিকে।
Devāḥ (the Gods)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Devī-stuti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: The devas stand with folded hands, faces uplifted, chanting ‘namas te’ to the golden-splendored, lotus-eyed Mother; the Devī’s aura fills the space like sunrise.
FAQs
Recognizing the Goddess as the universal Mother and supreme refuge is central to Purāṇic bhakti.
The hymn appears within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative set in the Arbuda sacred region.
Stuti—verbal worship through salutations and divine epithets—is the practice exemplified.