Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
श्रेष्ठा त्वमम्ब सर्वेभ्योऽस्मदादिभ्योऽपि सर्वतः । यतस्त्वां न त्यजेत्साक्षाद्भगवान्विष्णुरव्ययः
śreṣṭhā tvamamba sarvebhyo'smadādibhyo'pi sarvataḥ | yatastvāṃ na tyajetsākṣādbhagavānviṣṇuravyayaḥ
O Mother, you are superior to all—indeed, in every way, even beyond beings like us. For the Imperishable Lord Viṣṇu Himself never abandons you, directly and forever.
Devas (collectively), praising the Goddess (Devī/Dvārakā as a divine presence)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas, still humbled, offer a hymn to the Motherly presence of Dvārakā, depicting her as a radiant goddess whose aura is inseparable from Viṣṇu’s eternal nearness.
FAQs
True greatness is recognized by divine association: the Mother is proclaimed supreme because the Imperishable Viṣṇu never forsakes her.
Dvārakā, presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya as a divinely empowered sacred realm associated with Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and the Devī.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as praise (stuti) establishing theological authority for the ensuing darśana.