Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
जय गायत्रि कल्याणि जय सह्ये विभावरि । जय दुर्गे महाकालि शिव दूति जयाऽजये
jaya gāyatri kalyāṇi jaya sahye vibhāvari | jaya durge mahākāli śiva dūti jayā'jaye
Kemenangan bagi-Mu, wahai Gāyatrī, Yang Mulia lagi Sejahtera; kemenangan bagi-Mu, wahai Sahyā, Malam yang Bercahaya. Kemenangan bagi-Mu, wahai Durgā, wahai Mahākālī; wahai utusan Śiva—kemenangan bagi-Mu, Ajayā, Yang Tidak Terkalahkan.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within the Prabhāsa Māhātmya context
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha area)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: A pilgrim assembly at Prabhāsa at dusk, facing the sea and Somnātha’s silhouette; Devī appears as a composite form—Gāyatrī with Vedic aura, Durgā with lion, Mahākālī with dark radiance—while a Śiva-dhūti (Śiva’s messenger aspect) stands as protective presence.
FAQs
Devī protects, illumines, and removes obstacles; she is unconquerable and acts in harmony with Śiva’s will.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this Devī-stuti is situated.
No explicit ritual; the invocation of Gāyatrī suggests fitness for mantra-japa and protective recitation.