Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
नमस्ते शक्तिरूपेण सृष्टिप्रलयकारिणि । नमस्ते प्रभया युक्ते विद्युज्ज्वलितकुण्डले
namaste śaktirūpeṇa sṛṣṭipralayakāriṇi | namaste prabhayā yukte vidyujjvalitakuṇḍale
শক্তিস্বরূপিণী, সৃষ্টিপ্রলয়কারিণী—তোমাকে নমস্কার। দীপ্তিতে ভূষিতা, বিদ্যুৎসম জ্বলন্ত কুণ্ডলধারিণী—তোমাকে নমস্কার।
Śiva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Śakti)
Scene: Devī is praised as the very power of creation and dissolution, blazing with splendor; her earrings flash like lightning, illuminating the scene.
FAQs
The Goddess is not merely a deity to worship—she is the very cosmic power behind creation and dissolution.
None is directly named; the verse functions as theological praise within a tīrtha-glorifying section.
None explicitly; the verse supports devotional recitation (stotra-pāṭha) as a meritorious act.