Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
इमामपराजितां परमवैष्णवीं महाविद्यां जपति पठति शृणोति स्मरति धारयति कीर्तयति न च तस्य वाय्वग्निवज्रोपलाशनिवर्षभयं न समुद्रभयं न ग्रहभयं न च चौरभयं न च श्वापदभयं वा भवेत्
imāmaparājitāṃ paramavaiṣṇavīṃ mahāvidyāṃ japati paṭhati śṛṇoti smarati dhārayati kīrtayati na ca tasya vāyvagnivajropalāśanivarṣabhayaṃ na samudrabhayaṃ na grahabhayaṃ na ca caurabhayaṃ na ca śvāpadabhayaṃ vā bhavet
Wer diese unbesiegte, höchste Vaiṣṇavī Mahāvidyā wiederholt, rezitiert, hört oder trägt, für den gibt es keine Furcht vor Wind, Feuer, Blitz, dem Ozean, Dieben oder wilden Tieren.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention (speaker not explicit in the verse snippet).
Tirtha: Aparājitā (Vaiṣṇavī) Mahāvidyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A protected devotee-pilgrim moves through storms, lightning, rocky paths, ocean crossings, thieves, and wild beasts—yet remains unharmed within an invisible aura formed by the mantra.
FAQs
Devotional engagement with sacred mantra-śakti—through japa, recitation, listening, remembrance, carrying, and praise—creates dharmic protection and steadiness against both natural and unseen dangers.
This verse is a mantra-phalaśruti focused on Aparājitā/Paramavaiṣṇavī Mahāvidyā; a particular tīrtha is not explicitly named in the shloka snippet provided.
The prescribed practices are japa (repetition), pāṭha (recitation), śravaṇa (listening), smaraṇa (remembering), dhāraṇa (wearing/holding as a protective support), and kīrtana (proclaiming/praising) of the Mahāvidyā.