Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
शक्ति प्रसादादाप्नोति वीर्यं सर्वाश्च संपदः । ईश्वरी सर्वभूतेषु सा चैवं पार्थ संस्थिता
śakti prasādādāpnoti vīryaṃ sarvāśca saṃpadaḥ | īśvarī sarvabhūteṣu sā caivaṃ pārtha saṃsthitā
शक्तेः प्रसादात् वीर्यं सर्वाश्च संपदः प्राप्यन्ते; सा ईश्वरी सर्वभूतेषु स्थितेति, हे पार्थ, एवं सर्वत्र संस्थिता।
Nārada (as narrator; vocative “pārtha” reflects a traditional address style)
Listener: Pārtha (as addressed in the verse)
Scene: Devi as a radiant inner presence seated in the heart-lotus of diverse beings—ascetics, householders, animals—while a devotee receives ‘virya’ as a luminous current descending like a blessing.
FAQs
Strength and prosperity arise from the Goddess’s grace, who is also present within all beings.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports Devī-centered reverence connected to the chapter’s sacred geography.
Implied: seeking Śakti’s prasāda through worship/propitiation; no explicit rite is detailed.