Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
त्वमैंद्री त्वं च कौबेरी वायवी त्वं त्वमंबुपा । त्वं यामी नैरृती त्वं च त्वमैशी त्वं च पावकी
tvamaiṃdrī tvaṃ ca kauberī vāyavī tvaṃ tvamaṃbupā | tvaṃ yāmī nairṛtī tvaṃ ca tvamaiśī tvaṃ ca pāvakī
तुम ऐन्द्री हो और तुम ही कौबेरी; तुम वायवी हो और तुम ही अम्बुपा। तुम यामी हो, तुम नैऋती भी; तुम ऐशी हो और तुम ही पावकी।
Devas
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī is praised as the powers of Indra, Kubera, Vāyu, Varuṇa (Ambupā), Yama, Nirṛti, Īśāna, and Agni—suggesting an eight-direction mandala around her; Devas chant in unison.
FAQs
All directional guardians and cosmic functions are expressions of one Śakti; the Goddess is the integrated power behind them.
Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, such all-directional praise implies Kāśī’s kṣetra is protected on every side by divine power.
None; it is a theological identification used in hymnic worship.