Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
महानादे महावीर्ये महा मोहविनाशिनि । महाबन्धापहे देवि देहि नेत्रत्रयं मम
mahānāde mahāvīrye mahā mohavināśini | mahābandhāpahe devi dehi netratrayaṃ mama
ഹേ മഹാനാദിനി, ഹേ മഹാവീര്യവതീ, ഹേ മഹാമോഹവിനാശിനി! ഹേ ദേവി, മഹാബന്ധങ്ങൾ അകറ്റുന്നവളേ—എനിക്ക് നേത്രത്രയം (ത്രിവിധ ദർശനം) ദാനം ചെയ്യേണമേ।
A Pāṇḍava devotee
Scene: Devī radiates a great sound (mahānāda) like a cosmic resonance; bonds (chains/knots) fall away from the devotee; a luminous third eye opens on the devotee’s forehead, symbolizing awakened insight.
FAQs
True sight is not merely physical; it is liberation from delusion and bondage through the Goddess’s grace.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is a direct boon-request within a devotional narrative.
None explicitly; it is a petitionary prayer for ‘netra-traya’ (higher vision).