Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
यैषा त्वयाऽत्मभूतोत्था निर्मिता परमा तनुः । एतां या कामिनी काचित्पूजयिष्यति भक्तितः । अनेनैव विधानेन तस्या भर्ता भविष्यति
yaiṣā tvayā'tmabhūtotthā nirmitā paramā tanuḥ | etāṃ yā kāminī kācitpūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ | anenaiva vidhānena tasyā bhartā bhaviṣyati
“Rupa tertinggi ini, yang terbit daripada diri-Mu sendiri dan Engkau bentuk—mana-mana wanita yang memuja-Nya dengan bhakti menurut tatacara ini, akan memperoleh seorang suami.”
Mahādeva (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva proclaims a boon: a supreme Devī-form, self-born from her essence, is to be worshipped; any woman who worships by the same rite gains a husband.
FAQs
Devotional worship performed according to prescribed method is portrayed as dharma-aligned and fruit-bearing.
The verse occurs within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the promise here is tied to worship of a particular divine form rather than explicitly naming the site.
Pūjā of the specified ‘supreme form’ with bhakti, performed ‘by this very vidhāna’ (the method described in the surrounding passage).