Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
वरदा चेति मन्नाम वरदानाद्भविष्यति । इहागत्य तु या नारी पूजयिष्यति मां शुभाम्
varadā ceti mannāma varadānādbhaviṣyati | ihāgatya tu yā nārī pūjayiṣyati māṃ śubhām
„Varadā“ soll mein Name sein, weil ich Gaben gewähre. Welche Frau auch immer hierher kommt und mich, die Glückverheißende, verehrt—
Gaurī (Pārvatī) continuing
Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (as declared)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: Devī declares her epithet ‘Varadā’ and invites women pilgrims to worship her at the kṣetra; the moment is declarative, like a consecration of a local form.
FAQs
The deity’s name is tied to function: Devī is celebrated as Varadā because she actively grants dhārmic boons to devotees.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra—“here” indicates the local shrine/manifestation where Varadā Gaurī is worshipped.
Pilgrimage (ihāgatya) and pūjā of Devī in her auspicious Varadā form.