Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 158
स्त्रीरूपधारी कृष्णोऽसौ गौरीं रक्षति मंदिरे । गौरीणां तु शतं चक्रे हरिस्तत्र स मायया
strīrūpadhārī kṛṣṇo'sau gaurīṃ rakṣati maṃdire | gaurīṇāṃ tu śataṃ cakre haristatra sa māyayā
Kṛṣṇa itu, dengan menyamar sebagai wanita, melindungi Gaurī di dalam kuil. Di sana, Hari dengan kuasa māyā menciptakan seratus rupa “Gaurī”.
Sūta (deduced narrative voice within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa/Hari takes a woman’s form inside a temple, shielding Gaurī; by māyā he manifests a hundred ‘Gaurīs,’ filling the sanctum with radiant duplicates to confound the demon.
FAQs
Divine power (māyā) protects dharma; Hari and Śiva’s sphere cooperate to safeguard the Goddess and uphold cosmic order.
The temple setting belongs to Vastrāpatha Kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse reinforces the sanctity of the temple and kṣetra through līlā.