Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
क्वाहमल्पमतिः पार्थ क्वापरौ हरित्र्यंबकौ । देविकेनैव मानेन पातालेष्वपि गण्यते
kvāhamalpamatiḥ pārtha kvāparau haritryaṃbakau | devikenaiva mānena pātāleṣvapi gaṇyate
ಹೇ ಪಾರ್ಥ, ನಾನು ಅಲ್ಪಬುದ್ಧಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿ, ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರು—ಹರಿ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ರ್ಯಂಬಕ—ಎಲ್ಲಿ? ದೇವಿಯ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಿಂದಲೇ ಪಾತಾಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಗಣನೆ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A sage-speaker, hands folded, confesses limited understanding before the vast, paired presence of Hari (Viṣṇu) and Tryambaka (Śiva), with Devī’s unseen ‘measure’ symbolized as a cosmic scale spanning even Pātāla.
FAQs
True knowledge begins with humility; divine greatness is ultimately apprehended only through the supreme standard of the Devī.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is theological/cosmological.
None directly; it emphasizes reverence and humility rather than a stated rite.