Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
तथा मम मुखाद्दंष्ट्रा संनीताश्च सुरेश्वरि । तेषां च संभवस्तावत्कथं स्यात्त्वत्प्रभावतः
tathā mama mukhāddaṃṣṭrā saṃnītāśca sureśvari | teṣāṃ ca saṃbhavastāvatkathaṃ syāttvatprabhāvataḥ
“Dan, wahai Sureśvarī, taring (gigi tajam) telah diambil dari mulutku. Maka bagaimana, dengan kuasa-Mu, pemulihannya—atau kemunculannya semula—dapat terjadi?”
Revatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Sureśvarī)
Scene: Revatī points to her mouth, describing how her fangs were removed, and asks the Goddess how restoration or renewed generation could occur by divine power.
FAQs
The devotee brings even bodily loss before the Goddess, trusting that divine śakti can restore what karma has diminished.
The verse functions within the kṣetra narrative: the holy place is where the devotee can directly appeal to Ambikā’s power for reversal of misfortune.
No new rite; it is a direct prayer-question to the deity after worship.