Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
ये यजन्त्यम्बिकां ते स्युर्दैत्या ऐश्वर्यभोगिनः । देवत्वं सात्त्विका यांति सात्त्विकीं भक्तिमास्थिताः
ye yajantyambikāṃ te syurdaityā aiśvaryabhoginaḥ | devatvaṃ sāttvikā yāṃti sāttvikīṃ bhaktimāsthitāḥ
Mereka yang menyembah Ambikā boleh menjadi Daitya yang menikmati kuasa dan kenikmatan duniawi; namun yang sāttvika, teguh dalam bhakti sāttvika, mencapai martabat ketuhanan.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter transition context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Ambikā upāsanā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two devotees before Ambikā: one adorned with symbols of power and luxury, receiving worldly boons; another simple, luminous, offering flowers with humility, ascending toward a radiant divine realm—illustrating guṇa-based outcomes.
FAQs
The fruit of worship is shaped by inner quality (guṇa): pure (sāttvika) devotion leads toward divinity, while desire-driven worship tends toward power-seeking outcomes.
The verse is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, within the sanctified landscape of Prabhāsa.
The verse focuses less on external ritual and more on the inner mode of worship—cultivating sāttvika bhakti as the key discipline.