नमस्ते संहर्त्रि कर्त्रि नमस्ते शंकरप्रिये । कालरात्रि नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्ते गिरिपुत्रिके
namaste saṃhartri kartri namaste śaṃkarapriye | kālarātri namastubhyaṃ namaste giriputrike
“Homage to You, O Dissolver and Creator; homage to You, Beloved of Śaṅkara. O Kālarātri, homage to You; homage to You, O Daughter of the Mountain.”
Devas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees at the sea-edge of Prabhāsa fold hands to Kālarātri/Parvatī, envisioned as dark-hued, radiant, and compassionate, standing beside or within the aura of Somnātha Śiva; waves and temple spire frame the hymn.
Devī encompasses both gentle and fierce cosmic functions—creation, dissolution, and protective wrath.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the sacred arena where Devī’s many forms are invoked by the Devas.
No specific rite; the devotional act is repeated namaskāra through names and attributes.
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