Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
श्रेष्ठा त्वमम्ब सर्वेभ्योऽस्मदादिभ्योऽपि सर्वतः । यतस्त्वां न त्यजेत्साक्षाद्भगवान्विष्णुरव्ययः
śreṣṭhā tvamamba sarvebhyo'smadādibhyo'pi sarvataḥ | yatastvāṃ na tyajetsākṣādbhagavānviṣṇuravyayaḥ
ഹേ അംബേ! നീ എല്ലാവരിലും, ഞങ്ങളുപോലുള്ള ദേവന്മാരിലും പോലും, സകലവിധത്തിലും ശ്രേഷ്ഠയാണ്; കാരണം അവ്യയനായ ഭഗവാൻ വിഷ്ണു സ്വയം സാക്ഷാത് നിന്നെ ഒരിക്കലും ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നില്ല.
Devas (collectively), praising the Goddess (Devī/Dvārakā as a divine presence)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas, still humbled, offer a hymn to the Motherly presence of Dvārakā, depicting her as a radiant goddess whose aura is inseparable from Viṣṇu’s eternal nearness.
FAQs
True greatness is recognized by divine association: the Mother is proclaimed supreme because the Imperishable Viṣṇu never forsakes her.
Dvārakā, presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya as a divinely empowered sacred realm associated with Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and the Devī.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as praise (stuti) establishing theological authority for the ensuing darśana.