Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49
अपरा च महादुर्गा चर्चिता चेति संस्थिता । रसातलतलात्तत्र मयानीता सुभक्तितः
aparā ca mahādurgā carcitā ceti saṃsthitā | rasātalatalāttatra mayānītā subhaktitaḥ
तेथे ‘चर्चिता’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध अशी आणखी एक महादुर्गा प्रतिष्ठित आहे; तिला मी रसातलतलातून सुभक्तीने येथे आणले आहे।
Nārada
Tirtha: Carcitā-devī-sthāna (within the tīrtha)
Type: temple
Scene: A dramatic emergence motif: from a dark, cavernous Rasātala realm rises the fierce Mahādurgā ‘Carcitā’, then is ceremonially established in a shrine; torches, smoke, and mantra-chanting surround the consecration.
FAQs
Bhakti bridges worlds—devotion can invoke and establish divine protection even from the deepest realms.
A local seat of Mahādurgā known as Carcitā within the kṣetra’s directional shrine network.
No specific ritual steps are listed; the verse emphasizes bhakti as the means of invoking the Goddess’s presence.