Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
खटखेटी दहदहा तथा धमधमा जया । बहुवेणी बहुशीरा बहुपादा बहुस्तनी
khaṭakheṭī dahadahā tathā dhamadhamā jayā | bahuveṇī bahuśīrā bahupādā bahustanī
ಅವರು ಖಟಖೇಟೀ, ದಹದಹಾ, ಧಮಧಮಾ, ಜಯಾ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಬಹುವೇಣೀ, ಬಹುಶೀರಾ, ಬಹುಪಾದಾ, ಬಹುಸ್ತನೀ ಎಂದು ವರ್ಣಿತರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Listener: Bharata interlocutor
Scene: A kinetic tableau: Jayā as victorious Mother, alongside onomatopoetic forms embodying clatter and drum—Khaṭakheṭī, Dahadahā, Dhamadhamā—surrounded by colossal Mothers with many braids, heads, feet, and breasts, forming a living fortress around the sacred center.
FAQs
The Divine Mother is immeasurable and multi-formed; her “many-limbed” imagery signifies omnipresent power protecting cosmic order.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is descriptive and hymnic.
None in this verse.