Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
युगेयुगे शोधयेत्तांस्तेन कंटकशोधिनी । आश्वयुक्छुक्लपक्षे तु नवम्यां तामथार्चयेत्
yugeyuge śodhayettāṃstena kaṃṭakaśodhinī | āśvayukchuklapakṣe tu navamyāṃ tāmathārcayet
যুগে যুগে তেওঁ সেই কাঁইটসম দুঃখ-ক্লেশ শোধন কৰি দূৰ কৰে; সেইবাবে তেওঁ কণ্টকশোধিনী নামে খ্যাত। আশ্বযুজ মাহৰ শুক্লপক্ষৰ নবমীত তেওঁৰ আৰাধনা কৰা উচিত।
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Kaṇṭakaśodhinī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: A calm ritual scene on Āśvayuja-śukla Navamī: devotees queue with offerings; the Devī’s icon radiates as ‘thorn-remover’, with symbolic thorns dissolving into light.
FAQs
Regular, time-sanctioned worship aligned with sacred calendrical moments brings purification and removal of hardships.
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the celebration of Devī Kaṇṭakaśodhinī worship.
Worship the goddess on Āśvayuja (Āśvina) bright-half Navamī.