Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
प्रस्थिता पुरतस्तस्य भवसैन्यस्य हर्षिता । सर्वैर्मातृगणैः सार्धं रौद्रारावैःसुभीषणैः
prasthitā puratastasya bhavasainyasya harṣitā | sarvairmātṛgaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ raudrārāvaiḥsubhīṣaṇaiḥ
আনন্দে উল্লসিত হয়ে সে ভবের সেনার অগ্রে অগ্রে যাত্রা করল; সকল মাতৃগণের সঙ্গে ভয়ংকর রৌদ্র-রণনাদ তুলতে তুলতে।
Purāṇic narrator (continuing the account after Śiva’s speech)
Scene: Kelīśvarī leads, radiant and fierce, before Bhava’s army; behind her surge the Mātṛgaṇas, filling space with terrifying raudra-cries—an advancing wall of divine feminine power.
FAQs
The Divine Feminine is depicted as an active protector, leading sacred forces; dharma is upheld through coordinated divine power.
The verse belongs to a tīrtha-glorification section (Tīrthamāhātmya), but this line is narrative (battle-march) rather than direct geographical praise.
None; it describes the Goddess and Mātṛkās proceeding to the battlefield.