Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
जय देवि कृतानंदे जय दैत्यविनाशिनि । जय क्लेशच्छिदे कांते जयाभक्तविमोहदे
jaya devi kṛtānaṃde jaya daityavināśini | jaya kleśacchide kāṃte jayābhaktavimohade
जय हो देवि, आनंद निर्माण करणारी! जय हो दैत्यविनाशिनी! जय हो क्लेश छेदणारी कांते! जय हो अभक्तांना मोहात पाडणारी!
Dānava
Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands before a radiant Devī; the atmosphere is protective and triumphant, with subdued remnants of demonic forces dissolving as the stuti ‘jaya’ resounds.
FAQs
Bhakti dispels suffering and grants inner joy; absence of devotion leads to confusion and misdirection.
The verse functions as devotional praise within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter; it does not directly name a particular pilgrimage spot.
No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is devotional praise (stuti) as dharmic conduct.