Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
वासुदेवोऽपि नित्यं तां स्तौति शक्तिं परात्पराम् । अहं यदि चिकित्स्यः स्यां चिकित्स्यः सोऽपि किं भवान्
vāsudevo'pi nityaṃ tāṃ stauti śaktiṃ parātparām | ahaṃ yadi cikitsyaḥ syāṃ cikitsyaḥ so'pi kiṃ bhavān
Selbst Vāsudeva preist sie unablässig—die Śakti jenseits des Höchsten. Wenn ich wie ein Kranker „behandelt“ werden soll, müsste dann auch er „behandelt“ werden—und was ist dann mit dir?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A confident speaker cites Vāsudeva’s constant praise of the supreme Śakti, then turns the argument with a cutting analogy: if I need ‘treatment,’ then so does Vāsudeva—what about you?
FAQs
Devī-bhakti is validated even by Vāsudeva; disparaging such praise is shown to be misguided.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse emphasizes pan-Purāṇic devotion to the Supreme Śakti.
The implied practice is stuti (hymnic praise) of Devī as parātparā Śakti.