Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43
जय रुद्राङ्गसम्भूते जयवाहिनि सनातनि । जय कौमारि माहेन्द्रि वैष्णवी वारुणी तथा
jaya rudrāṅgasambhūte jayavāhini sanātani | jaya kaumāri māhendri vaiṣṇavī vāruṇī tathā
ருத்ரரின் அங்கத்திலிருந்து தோன்றிய தேவியே, உமக்கு ஜயம்; சனாதன சக்திவாஹினியே, உமக்கு ஜயம். கௌமாரி, மாஹேந்திரி, வைஷ்ணவி மற்றும் வாருணி ரூபங்களிலும் உமக்கு ஜயம்.
Narrator (a devotee) offering stuti to Devī/Śakti
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-banks (Revākhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa devotee stands on the Narmadā bank with folded hands, chanting ‘Jaya’ to Devī as multiple śaktis appear as a radiant, many-aspected aura—Kaumārī with spear, Māhendrī with elephant emblem, Vaiṣṇavī with conch/disc, Vāruṇī with water-pot—while the river glows at dusk.
FAQs
The one Goddess is praised as many divine powers (śaktis), revealing unity behind multiple forms.
The hymn occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context; this verse focuses on Devī’s forms rather than naming a tīrtha.
Stuti (invocatory praise) to Devī in her manifold forms is exemplified.