Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
शक्रादयोऽपि देवास्ते परमार्थेन नो विदुः । स्वरूपवर्णनं कर्तुं किं पुनर्देवि मानुषी
śakrādayo'pi devāste paramārthena no viduḥ | svarūpavarṇanaṃ kartuṃ kiṃ punardevi mānuṣī
Même les dieux, à commencer par Śakra (Indra), ne connaissent pas vraiment ta réalité ultime. Comment donc un simple humain, ô Déesse, pourrait-il décrire ton essence ?
Viṣakanyā (the poison-maiden), continuing her hymn to Devī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devotee gestures in reverent restraint, as if words fail; the Devī’s form is shown with a luminous, partially veiled aura suggesting the unknowable.
FAQs
The Divine surpasses conceptual limits; humility and reverence are the proper approach when speaking of Devī’s true nature.
This is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 62), where the tīrtha’s greatness is conveyed through Devī’s transcendent praise rather than explicit geography in this line.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a theological assertion within a stuti.