Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ऋषय ऊचुः । गौरी चतुर्भुजा प्रोक्ता दृश्यते परमेश्वरी । पञ्चपिंडा कथं जाता ह्येतं नः संशयं वद
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | gaurī caturbhujā proktā dṛśyate parameśvarī | pañcapiṃḍā kathaṃ jātā hyetaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ vada
ଋଷିମାନେ କହିଲେ—ଗୌରୀ ପରମେଶ୍ୱରୀ ଚତୁର୍ଭୁଜା ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ ଏବଂ ସେହିପରି ଦେଖାଯାନ୍ତି। ତେବେ ‘ପଞ୍ଚପିଣ୍ଡା’ ରୂପ କିପରି ଜନ୍ମିଲା? ଆମର ଏହି ସନ୍ଦେହ ଦୂର କରନ୍ତୁ।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍā (Gaurī form/title)
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
Scene: A circle of ṛṣis questions the narrator before a shrine where Gaurī is seen in her four-armed form; beside it, an enigmatic emblematic representation of ‘Pañcapiṇḍā’ (five sacred lumps/stones) is shown, prompting wonder.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching invites inquiry: understanding the deity’s forms deepens faith and right worship.
The question pertains to the localized shrine-form ‘Pañcapiṇḍā/Pañcapiṇḍikā’ within this Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
None; it initiates the explanatory legend about the deity’s form.