Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
प्रमथाद्यैर्गणैश्चैव वर्त्ततेऽद्यापि निश्चला । सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकर्त्री सा विश्वबीजमनंतका
pramathādyairgaṇaiścaiva varttate'dyāpi niścalā | sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakartrī sā viśvabījamanaṃtakā
Aujourd’hui encore, elle demeure inébranlable, entourée des Pramathas et d’autres cohortes divines. Elle est la puissance qui accomplit création, maintien et dissolution—sans fin, et semence même de l’univers.
Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Mandara-parvata (Śakti-sthāna)
Type: peak
Scene: The deity stands immovable on the mountain shrine, surrounded by Pramathas and divine hosts; behind her, a cosmic tableau hints at creation, preservation, and dissolution emanating from her as the universe-seed.
FAQs
The Divine (as Śakti) is the steady cosmic ground—source of creation, preservation, and dissolution—worthy of unwavering devotion.
The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 247), praising the deity connected to the local sacred geography; the exact toponym is not stated in this snippet.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is a doctrinal praise (stuti) of the deity’s cosmic role.