Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
तत्र त्रिभुवने याश्च संति देव्यः पृथग्विधाः । नारदेन समानीतास्ताश्चैक्यं सुमहात्मना
tatra tribhuvane yāśca saṃti devyaḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ | nāradena samānītāstāścaikyaṃ sumahātmanā
तेथे त्रिभुवनात असलेल्या विविध स्वरूपांच्या देव्या नारदांनी एकत्र आणल्या; आणि महात्म्यशक्तीच्या प्रभावाने त्या सर्व एकरूप होऊन एकत्वास प्राप्त झाल्या।
Unspecified (continuation of Sūta’s narration; content about Guptakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada, veena-bearing sage, stands at a radiant kṣetra as multiple Devī-forms—armed, benign, fierce, maternal—stream in from the three worlds and dissolve into a single resplendent Mahādevī aura.
FAQs
Though worshipped in many forms, Devī is ultimately one—her unity is revealed in sacred places and Purāṇic revelation.
The context continues the praise of Guptakṣetra as a gathering-point of Devī’s forms.
No direct ritual is stated; it provides theological and sthala context for Devī worship at the site.