Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
जय देवि कृतानंदे जय दैत्यविनाशिनि । जय क्लेशच्छिदे कांते जयाभक्तविमोहदे
jaya devi kṛtānaṃde jaya daityavināśini | jaya kleśacchide kāṃte jayābhaktavimohade
ជ័យជំនះ ព្រះនាងដេវី អ្នកបង្កើតអានន្ទ! ជ័យជំនះ អ្នកបំផ្លាញអសុរ! ជ័យជំនះ អ្នកកាត់ផ្តាច់ទុក្ខក្លេស ឱ ព្រះនាងជាទីស្រឡាញ់! ជ័យជំនះ អ្នកធ្វើឲ្យអ្នកគ្មានភក្តីភាន់ច្រឡំ!
Dānava
Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands before a radiant Devī; the atmosphere is protective and triumphant, with subdued remnants of demonic forces dissolving as the stuti ‘jaya’ resounds.
FAQs
Bhakti dispels suffering and grants inner joy; absence of devotion leads to confusion and misdirection.
The verse functions as devotional praise within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter; it does not directly name a particular pilgrimage spot.
No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is devotional praise (stuti) as dharmic conduct.