Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
दारभट्टारिकेत्या २२ द्या प्रत्येका शतधा पुनः । उत्पन्नाः शक्तयस्तस्मिन्नानारूपान्विताः शुभाः । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रवरण्यथ देवताः
dārabhaṭṭāriketyā 22 dyā pratyekā śatadhā punaḥ | utpannāḥ śaktayastasminnānārūpānvitāḥ śubhāḥ | ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi pravaraṇyatha devatāḥ
Demikianlah seorang lagi dinamai Dāra-bhaṭṭārikā (22). Kemudian setiap seorang daripada mereka menzahirkan diri lagi seratus kali ganda; di sana lahirlah śakti-śakti yang suci lagi membawa berkat, beraneka rupa. Mulai selepas ini, akan aku huraikan menurut tertib tentang para dewi yang prabara—yakni yang paling utama—dalam kalangan mereka.
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan / Nṛpa
Scene: A dramatic expansion scene: Dāra-bhaṭṭārikā is named; then the previously listed goddesses multiply into hundreds, filling the forest-kṣetra with auspicious luminous forms; Vyāsa promises to describe the foremost among them in order.
FAQs
Śakti is portrayed as infinitely proliferating, manifesting in countless auspicious forms to protect and uphold dharma.
The verse does not name a new tīrtha; it continues the Dharmāraṇya narrative framework.
None explicitly; it is a narrative promise to continue describing the principal deities.