Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । पंचवक्त्राणि देवेश प्रसिद्धानि तव प्रभौ । षष्ठं यद्वदनं देव तस्य किं नाम संस्मृतम् । समुत्पन्ना कथं तस्मादजादेवीति या श्रुता
devyuvāca | paṃcavaktrāṇi deveśa prasiddhāni tava prabhau | ṣaṣṭhaṃ yadvadanaṃ deva tasya kiṃ nāma saṃsmṛtam | samutpannā kathaṃ tasmādajādevīti yā śrutā
ದೇವಿಯು ಉವಾಚ—ಹೇ ದೇವೇಶ, ಹೇ ಪ್ರಭು! ನಿನ್ನ ಐದು ಮುಖಗಳು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಹೇ ದೇವ, ಆ ಆರನೆಯ ಮುಖಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವ ಹೆಸರು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ? ಮತ್ತು ಅದರಿಂದ ‘ಅಜಾದೇವಿ’ ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಲ್ಪಡುವ ದೇವಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದಳು?
Devī
Tirtha: Ajā Devī / Ajetī (question about her origin)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: The Devī, poised and inquisitive, addresses Śiva: five faces are shown as known, while a subtle sixth is hinted; the scene emphasizes question-and-answer pedagogy in a sacred precinct.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through inquiry; the māhātmya advances by respectful questioning about divine origins.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the setting, as the discussion concerns the local manifestation of Ajā Devī.
None; the verse is a doctrinal question initiating a deeper explanation.