Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
शाकम्भर्युवाच । चतुःषष्टिगणा देवि मातृणां ये व्यवस्थिताः । चमत्कारपुरे ख्याता हास्यात्तुष्टिं व्रजंति याः
śākambharyuvāca | catuḥṣaṣṭigaṇā devi mātṛṇāṃ ye vyavasthitāḥ | camatkārapure khyātā hāsyāttuṣṭiṃ vrajaṃti yāḥ
ശാകംഭരി പറഞ്ഞു— ‘ഹേ ദേവി, മാതൃകളുടെ അറുപത്തിനാലു ഗണങ്ങൾ യഥാവിധി സ്ഥാപിതരായിരിക്കുന്നു; ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധരായി, ഹാസ്യത്തിലൂടെ തൃപ്തി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നവർ—’
Śākambharī
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śākambharī addresses the Goddess, describing the sixty-four companies of Mother-goddesses stationed in Camatkārapura, who are pleased by laughter—suggesting a vibrant, uncanny yet auspicious śākta assembly.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are supported by divine retinues (Mātṛkās), indicating that place-based worship participates in a larger sacred order.
Camatkārapura is explicitly named as the famed locale associated with the Mothers’ hosts.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the Mātṛkā hosts as part of the devotional framework that will inform worship and offerings.