Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
कस्मिन्काले समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी । किं तस्या जायते श्रेयः पूजया नमनेन च
kasminkāle samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī | kiṃ tasyā jāyate śreyaḥ pūjayā namanena ca
At what time did the Sovereign Lady of the gods (Sureśvarī) arise, and for what purpose? What śreyas—highest good—comes from worshipping her and bowing in reverence to her?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī (queried)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana
Scene: Sages pose precise questions—time of origin, purpose, and the śreyas from worship and bowing—hands raised in respectful inquiry; the narrator prepares to recount the Devī’s manifestation.
FAQs
Knowing a deity’s purpose and the fruits of worship guides practice toward śreyas (higher good), not mere curiosity.
The inquiry frames a forthcoming glorification of Kelīśvarī’s local seat within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha network.
Pūjā (worship) and namana/namaskāra (bowing) to the goddess are explicitly named.