Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
उत्पत्तिपालनविनाशकरी च या वै कृत्वाग्रतः सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि । सा चेतनेन ददृशे पुरतो हरेण संमोहनी सकलमंगलमंगलैका
utpattipālanavināśakarī ca yā vai kṛtvāgrataḥ sattvarajastamāṃsi | sā cetanena dadṛśe purato hareṇa saṃmohanī sakalamaṃgalamaṃgalaikā
जी उत्पत्ती, पालन व विनाश करणारी आहे, आणि जिने सत्त्व-रज-तम गुणांना आपल्या समोर स्थापिले आहे—तीच संमोहिनी, सर्व मंगलांतील एकमेव परम-मंगला, चेतन हरेने प्रत्यक्ष समोर पाहिली।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī stands before Hara as the conscious revelation of cosmic power: subtle symbols of the three guṇas (white/red/black) emanate as streams or halos; behind them, faint imagery of creation-preservation-dissolution cycles; Devī radiates singular auspiciousness.
FAQs
All cosmic processes operate through Śakti and the guṇas; liberation begins by recognizing the source beyond enchantment—supreme auspiciousness itself.
Kedāra-kṣetra, where the text frames profound metaphysics as part of the place’s revelatory sacredness.
No direct prescription; it provides a doctrinal basis for Devī worship and guṇa-transcending contemplation.