Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । पंचवक्त्राणि देवेश प्रसिद्धानि तव प्रभौ । षष्ठं यद्वदनं देव तस्य किं नाम संस्मृतम् । समुत्पन्ना कथं तस्मादजादेवीति या श्रुता
devyuvāca | paṃcavaktrāṇi deveśa prasiddhāni tava prabhau | ṣaṣṭhaṃ yadvadanaṃ deva tasya kiṃ nāma saṃsmṛtam | samutpannā kathaṃ tasmādajādevīti yā śrutā
देवी म्हणाली—हे देवेश, हे प्रभो! तुझे पाच मुख प्रसिद्ध आहेत. पण हे देव, त्या सहाव्या मुखाचे कोणते नाव स्मरणात घेतले जाते? आणि त्यातून ‘अजादेवी’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध देवी कशी उत्पन्न झाली?
Devī
Tirtha: Ajā Devī / Ajetī (question about her origin)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: The Devī, poised and inquisitive, addresses Śiva: five faces are shown as known, while a subtle sixth is hinted; the scene emphasizes question-and-answer pedagogy in a sacred precinct.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through inquiry; the māhātmya advances by respectful questioning about divine origins.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the setting, as the discussion concerns the local manifestation of Ajā Devī.
None; the verse is a doctrinal question initiating a deeper explanation.