Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
श्रेष्ठा त्वमम्ब सर्वेभ्योऽस्मदादिभ्योऽपि सर्वतः । यतस्त्वां न त्यजेत्साक्षाद्भगवान्विष्णुरव्ययः
śreṣṭhā tvamamba sarvebhyo'smadādibhyo'pi sarvataḥ | yatastvāṃ na tyajetsākṣādbhagavānviṣṇuravyayaḥ
हे अम्बे! तू सब से, और हम जैसे देवों से भी, सर्वथा श्रेष्ठ है; क्योंकि अव्यय भगवान् विष्णु स्वयं साक्षात् तुझे कभी नहीं त्यागते।
Devas (collectively), praising the Goddess (Devī/Dvārakā as a divine presence)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas, still humbled, offer a hymn to the Motherly presence of Dvārakā, depicting her as a radiant goddess whose aura is inseparable from Viṣṇu’s eternal nearness.
FAQs
True greatness is recognized by divine association: the Mother is proclaimed supreme because the Imperishable Viṣṇu never forsakes her.
Dvārakā, presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya as a divinely empowered sacred realm associated with Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and the Devī.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as praise (stuti) establishing theological authority for the ensuing darśana.