Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
वरदा चेति मन्नाम वरदानाद्भविष्यति । इहागत्य तु या नारी पूजयिष्यति मां शुभाम्
varadā ceti mannāma varadānādbhaviṣyati | ihāgatya tu yā nārī pūjayiṣyati māṃ śubhām
വരങ്ങൾ നല്കുന്നതിനാൽ എന്റെ നാമം ‘വരദാ’ ആകും. ഇവിടെ വന്ന് എന്നെ—ശുഭമൂർത്തിയെ—പൂജിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ,
Gaurī (Pārvatī) continuing
Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (as declared)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: Devī declares her epithet ‘Varadā’ and invites women pilgrims to worship her at the kṣetra; the moment is declarative, like a consecration of a local form.
FAQs
The deity’s name is tied to function: Devī is celebrated as Varadā because she actively grants dhārmic boons to devotees.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra—“here” indicates the local shrine/manifestation where Varadā Gaurī is worshipped.
Pilgrimage (ihāgatya) and pūjā of Devī in her auspicious Varadā form.