Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
द्वितीये च तथा प्राप्ते तृतीये च विशेषतः । यावत्पश्यामि प्रत्यूषे तावद्गौरीचतुष्टयम् । जातं रत्नमयं तच्च मया यत्परिपूजितम्
dvitīye ca tathā prāpte tṛtīye ca viśeṣataḥ | yāvatpaśyāmi pratyūṣe tāvadgaurīcatuṣṭayam | jātaṃ ratnamayaṃ tacca mayā yatparipūjitam
બીજો દિવસ પણ આવ્યો અને વિશેષ કરીને ત્રીજો દિવસ આવતાં, પ્રાતઃકાળે મેં ગૌરીદેવીના ચાર સ્વરૂપોનું દર્શન કર્યું. તે સ્વરૂપ રત્નમય તેજથી દીપ્ત થયું, અને મેં ભક્તિપૂર્વક વિધિવત્ પૂજા કરી.
Narrator-devotee (a female votary speaking in first person within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)
Listener: Viṣṇu (implied)
Scene: At dawn on the second and especially the third day, Lakṣmī beholds Gaurī in a fourfold manifestation, shining like jewels; she performs full worship to that radiant form.
FAQs
Steady, time-bound devotion (especially at dawn) culminates in transformative darśana and intensified sacred presence.
The wider episode points toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where Gaurī’s fourfold form is later to be established and revered.
Dawn-time darśana and complete worship (paripūjā) of the manifested Gaurīcatuṣṭaya.
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