Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
जय देवि कृतानंदे जय दैत्यविनाशिनि । जय क्लेशच्छिदे कांते जयाभक्तविमोहदे
jaya devi kṛtānaṃde jaya daityavināśini | jaya kleśacchide kāṃte jayābhaktavimohade
Kemenangan, wahai Dewi yang menzahirkan kebahagiaan! Kemenangan, pemusnah para asura! Kemenangan, pemutus segala derita, wahai Kekasih Ilahi! Kemenangan, Engkau yang mengelirukan mereka yang tanpa bhakti!
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.