Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
तयाथ प्रार्थिता गौरी गर्भिण्या भक्तितोषिता । पुत्रं देहि महामाये साक्षाद्विष्ण्वंशसंभवम्
tayātha prārthitā gaurī garbhiṇyā bhaktitoṣitā | putraṃ dehi mahāmāye sākṣādviṣṇvaṃśasaṃbhavam
પછી ગર્ભવતી સ્ત્રીએ ભક્તિથી પ્રસન્ન થયેલી ગૌરીને પ્રાર્થના કરી—‘હે મહામાયા! વિષ્ણુવંશસમ્ભવ સాక్షાત્ પુત્ર મને આપો।’
Skanda (narrative voice; deduced)
Tirtha: Gaurī-sthāna in Kāśī (general)
Type: temple
Scene: A pregnant queen, hands folded, prays before Gaurī; the Goddess, radiant and compassionate, is shown pleased by devotion; offerings of flowers, incense, and lamps surround the shrine.
FAQs
Devotion to the Goddess, especially in a sanctified context, is portrayed as a swift cause for divine favor and blessings.
Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, the sanctity of Kāśī forms the backdrop for the Goddess’s responsiveness to prayer.
A devotional supplication (prārthanā) to Gaurī for the boon of a son.