Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
त्वं देवि वेदजननी प्रणवस्वरूपा गायत्र्यसि त्वमसि वै द्विजकामधेनुः । त्वं व्याहृतित्रयमिहाऽखिलकर्मसिद्ध्यै स्वाहास्वधासि सुमनः पितृतृप्तिहेतुः
tvaṃ devi vedajananī praṇavasvarūpā gāyatryasi tvamasi vai dvijakāmadhenuḥ | tvaṃ vyāhṛtitrayamihā'khilakarmasiddhyai svāhāsvadhāsi sumanaḥ pitṛtṛptihetuḥ
Goddess, You are the mother of the Vedas, the very form of Praṇava (Oṃ). You are Gāyatrī, indeed the wish-fulfilling cow for the twice-born. You are the three vyāhṛtis (bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ) for the accomplishment of all rites; You are ‘svāhā’ and ‘svadhā’, the cause of the satisfaction of gods and ancestors, O gracious one.
Devotee/Narrative voice within the stotra (contextual: Maṅgalāgaurī praise)
Tirtha: Kāśī (as mantra-śakti seat)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Devī appears as a radiant embodiment of sacred syllables: Oṃ above her crown, Gāyatrī as a luminous meter-grid, the three vyāhṛtis as three spheres, and ‘svāhā/svadhā’ as flames and libations reaching devas and pitṛs.
FAQs
The Goddess is identified with Vedic mantra-power itself, showing that devotion and ritual efficacy share a single divine source.
Implicitly Kāśī, where Maṅgalāgaurī is praised as the Veda’s living essence within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa context.
It references Vedic ritual elements—vyāhṛtis, svāhā (deva offerings), and svadhā (pitṛ offerings)—as empowered by the Goddess.