Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
इत्युक्ता कौशिकी देवी ततेत्याह पितामहम् । निर्गतायां च कौशिक्यां जाता स्वैराश्रिता गुणैः
ityuktā kauśikī devī tatetyāha pitāmaham | nirgatāyāṃ ca kauśikyāṃ jātā svairāśritā guṇaiḥ
असे ऐकून कौशिकी देवी पितामह (ब्रह्मा) यांस म्हणाली—“तथेति.” आणि कौशिकी निघून गेल्यावर एक अन्य रूप प्रकट झाले, जे स्वैर व स्वतःच्या गुणांत स्थित होते.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)
Scene: Kauśikī Devī, having said ‘tathā’, departs; in her wake a new form arises—self-established in her own qualities—suggesting a luminous splitting/emanation moment.
FAQs
Devī’s freedom (svaira) and her guṇas operate in service of dharma—her forms arise and depart according to cosmic necessity.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it records assent (“tat”) and the narrative transition after Kauśikī’s departure.