Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
नारद उवाच । इत्युक्तोऽहं पार्थ देव्या तदानीं प्रीयमाणया । प्रत्यब्रवं प्रमुदितः कोलंबां विश्वमातरम्
nārada uvāca | ityukto'haṃ pārtha devyā tadānīṃ prīyamāṇayā | pratyabravaṃ pramuditaḥ kolaṃbāṃ viśvamātaram
Nārada dit : Ô Pārtha, ainsi interpellé alors par la Déesse, comblée de joie, je répondis avec allégresse à Kolambā, la Mère de l’univers.
Nārada
Tirtha: Kolambā-kṣetra (gupta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: Nārada, joyful and reverent, turns toward the enthroned Kolambā Devī; the scene is intimate—Devī’s pleased expression, Nārada’s vīṇā at his side; a secondary framing suggests he later recounts this to Pārtha.
FAQs
Approaching the Goddess with reverence and receiving her grace leads to joyful, dharmic speech and guidance.
The verse introduces the Kolambā Devī context; the following verses expand the local tīrtha/gupta-kṣetra glory connected to her.
No explicit rite is stated here; it sets up the devotional dialogue that leads to worship instructions in subsequent verses.