Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
तामाराध्य गताः पूर्वं सिद्धिं भूरिर्महीभुजः । ब्राह्मणाश्च तथान्येऽपि योगिनः परमेश्वरीम्
tāmārādhya gatāḥ pūrvaṃ siddhiṃ bhūrirmahībhujaḥ | brāhmaṇāśca tathānye'pi yoginaḥ parameśvarīm
Habiendo aplacado y venerado a aquella Diosa Suprema, en tiempos antiguos muchos reyes alcanzaron el éxito; y asimismo los brāhmaṇas y otros—los yoguis—obtuvieron sus logros espirituales.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: A montage-like scene: a king offers royal worship, brāhmaṇas perform Vedic offerings, and yogins meditate—each before the same Supreme Goddess, receiving distinct siddhis (victory, blessings, inner illumination).
FAQs
The Goddess is universally accessible—worldly rulers and renunciant yogins alike gain siddhi through sincere ārādhanā.
The verse implicitly elevates Camatkārī Devī’s abode as a siddhi-bestowing sacred place.
Ārādhanā (sustained propitiatory worship) of the Parameśvarī is recommended as the means to attain siddhi.