Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
कस्मिन्काले समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी । किं तस्या जायते श्रेयः पूजया नमनेन च
kasminkāle samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī | kiṃ tasyā jāyate śreyaḥ pūjayā namanena ca
En quel temps la Souveraine des dieux (Sureśvarī) est-elle apparue, et dans quel dessein ? Quel śreyas, le bien suprême, naît de son culte et de la prosternation devant Elle ?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī (queried)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana
Scene: Sages pose precise questions—time of origin, purpose, and the śreyas from worship and bowing—hands raised in respectful inquiry; the narrator prepares to recount the Devī’s manifestation.
FAQs
Knowing a deity’s purpose and the fruits of worship guides practice toward śreyas (higher good), not mere curiosity.
The inquiry frames a forthcoming glorification of Kelīśvarī’s local seat within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha network.
Pūjā (worship) and namana/namaskāra (bowing) to the goddess are explicitly named.