Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
त्वं देवि चावतारेषु विष्णोः साहाय्यकारिणी । विष्णुनाभ्यर्थ्यसे तस्मात्त्राहि मातर्नमोऽस्तु ते
tvaṃ devi cāvatāreṣu viṣṇoḥ sāhāyyakāriṇī | viṣṇunābhyarthyase tasmāttrāhi mātarnamo'stu te
ହେ ଦେବୀ! ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ଅବତାରମାନଙ୍କରେ ତୁମେ ସହାୟକାରିଣୀ ଶକ୍ତି। ତେଣୁ ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ନିଜେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁମକୁ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା କରନ୍ତି; ହେ ମାତା, ମୋତେ ରକ୍ଷା କର—ତୁମକୁ ନମସ୍କାର।
Bhīma
Scene: Devī stands behind a sequence of Viṣṇu avatāras as their empowering radiance; Viṣṇu himself folds hands to her, while the devotee pleads for protection.
FAQs
Śakti is indispensable even to divine descents—Devī is the enabling power behind avatāra-work and thus the supreme refuge.
No site is named; the verse emphasizes Devī’s cosmic role in avatāra narratives rather than a local māhātmya.
None; it is a theological stuti culminating in a direct plea for protection (trāhi).