Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । चमत्कारी पुरा देवी तत्रैवास्ति द्विजोत्तमाः । चमत्कारनरेंद्रेण स्थापिता श्रद्धया पुरा
| sūta uvāca | camatkārī purā devī tatraivāsti dvijottamāḥ | camatkāranareṃdreṇa sthāpitā śraddhayā purā
ಸೂತನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮರೇ, ಅದೇ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಚಮತ್ಕಾರೀ’ ಎಂಬ ದೇವಿ ವಿರಾಜಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಪುರಾತನಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಚಮತ್ಕಾರ’ ಎಂಬ ರಾಜನು ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯಿಂದ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪಿಸಿದನು।
Sūta
Tirtha: Camatkārī-devī-sthāna (within Somēśvara tīrtha region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ (Naimiṣāraṇya sages)
Scene: Sūta narrates as a king named Camatkāra installs the goddess Camatkārī in a newly sanctified shrine; priests chant, lamps blaze, and the Devī’s icon radiates protective power.
FAQs
Faithful स्थापना (installation) and remembrance of a deity at a sacred site becomes a lasting source of protection and merit.
A local Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha/settlement is indicated as the abode of Camatkārī Devī, though the verse names the goddess more than the place.
The act of स्थापना—establishing a deity with śraddhā (faith)—is highlighted as a meritorious sacred act.