Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
यदि न स्यान्महामाया ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवार्चिता । तव देहोद्भवः पार्थ कथं स्यात्तत्त्वतो वद
yadi na syānmahāmāyā brahmaviṣṇuśivārcitā | tava dehodbhavaḥ pārtha kathaṃ syāttattvato vada
ਜੇ ਮਹਾਮਾਇਆ—ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ, ਵਿਸ਼ਨੁ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ, ਤਾਂ ਹੇ ਪਾਰਥ! ਤੇਰੇ ਦੇਹ-ਜਨਮ ਦੀ ਸੰਭਾਵਨਾ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਬਣਦੀ? ਤੱਤ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸੱਚ ਦੱਸ।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Pārtha (addressed)
Scene: A disputant challenges ‘Pārtha’ with a pointed question: without Mahāmāyā worshipped by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, how could bodily birth occur? The Trimūrti appear as witnesses to Devī’s supremacy.
FAQs
Devī as Mahāmāyā is affirmed as foundational to manifestation; even embodied existence depends upon Śakti.
No site is named; the verse is theological, praising Devī’s cosmic necessity.
No direct ritual is stated; it implicitly supports Devī-arcana (worship of the Goddess).