Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
देव्युवाच । अहं च रक्षयिष्यामि स्वभक्तं कृष्णमृत्युतः । यस्माच्च चंडिकाकृत्ये कृतोऽनेन महारणः । तस्माच्चंडिलनाम्नायं विश्वपूज्यो भविष्यति
devyuvāca | ahaṃ ca rakṣayiṣyāmi svabhaktaṃ kṛṣṇamṛtyutaḥ | yasmācca caṃḍikākṛtye kṛto'nena mahāraṇaḥ | tasmāccaṃḍilanāmnāyaṃ viśvapūjyo bhaviṣyati
La Déesse dit : «Moi aussi, je protégerai mon dévot Kṛṣṇa de la mort. Et puisque, au service de Caṇḍikā, il mena un grand combat, il deviendra célèbre dans le monde et sera vénéré sous le nom de “Caṇḍila”.»
Devī (Goddess, associated with Caṇḍikā/Cāmuṇḍā context)
Tirtha: Caṇḍila (name of the worshipped figure/shrine-tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī speaks with assurance: she vows to protect her devotee Kṛṣṇa from death and proclaims a boon of future universal worship under the name ‘Caṇḍila,’ grounded in his great battle performed for Caṇḍikā’s cause.
FAQs
Bhakti draws divine guardianship; service to the Goddess and dharmic valor lead to lasting renown and worship.
No explicit tirtha is named; the verse glorifies the Goddess’s protection and the honorific legacy ‘Caṇḍila’.
Only a contextual reference to ‘Caṇḍikā-kṛtya’ (service/rite of Caṇḍikā); no step-by-step ritual is described.