Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
दूत उवाच । या सा सर्वगता देवी शक्तिरूपा शुचि स्मिता । श्रीमाता जगतां माता देवैराराधिता परा । तेषां तुष्टा च देवी त्वामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
dūta uvāca | yā sā sarvagatā devī śaktirūpā śuci smitā | śrīmātā jagatāṃ mātā devairārādhitā parā | teṣāṃ tuṣṭā ca devī tvāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt
ଦୂତ କହିଲା—ଯେ ସର୍ବଗତା ଦେବୀ, ଶକ୍ତିସ୍ୱରୂପା, ଶୁଚି ଓ ମୃଦୁସ୍ମିତା; ଯିଏ ଶ୍ରୀମାତା, ଜଗତାମାତା, ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଆରାଧିତ ପରା—ସେ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହୋଇ ତୁମକୁ ଏହି ବଚନ କହୁଛନ୍ତି।
Dūta (Messenger)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bāṣkali (dānava)
Scene: The messenger delivers a reverential hymn-like introduction of Devī—pure, smiling, all-pervading Śakti—before stating her command; the asura listens, the atmosphere charged with sacred authority.
FAQs
The Goddess is presented as immanent (all-pervading) and transcendent (supreme), the very Śakti sustaining gods and worlds.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as Devī-stuti within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative context.
Implicitly, worship (ārādhana) of the Goddess by the devas is referenced, but no specific rite is prescribed.