Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
तत्र त्रिभुवने याश्च संति देव्यः पृथग्विधाः । नारदेन समानीतास्ताश्चैक्यं सुमहात्मना
tatra tribhuvane yāśca saṃti devyaḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ | nāradena samānītāstāścaikyaṃ sumahātmanā
ત્યાં ત્રિભુવનમાં રહેલી વિવિધ સ્વરૂપવાળી દેવીઓને નારદે એકત્ર કરી; અને મહાત્મ શક્તિના પ્રભાવથી તે સૌ એકરૂપ થઈ એકત્વને પામ્યાં।
Unspecified (continuation of Sūta’s narration; content about Guptakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada, veena-bearing sage, stands at a radiant kṣetra as multiple Devī-forms—armed, benign, fierce, maternal—stream in from the three worlds and dissolve into a single resplendent Mahādevī aura.
FAQs
Though worshipped in many forms, Devī is ultimately one—her unity is revealed in sacred places and Purāṇic revelation.
The context continues the praise of Guptakṣetra as a gathering-point of Devī’s forms.
No direct ritual is stated; it provides theological and sthala context for Devī worship at the site.