Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
नमस्ते पद्मपत्राक्षि विश्वमातर्नमोनमः । नमस्ते वरदे देवि रजःसत्त्वतमोमयि
namaste padmapatrākṣi viśvamātarnamonamaḥ | namaste varade devi rajaḥsattvatamomayi
হে পদ্মপত্রনয়না! তোমাকে নমস্কার। হে বিশ্বমাতা! বারংবার নমো নমঃ। হে বরদায়িনী দেবী! রজঃ-সত্ত্ব-তমঃময়ী, তোমায় প্রণাম।
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.