Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
ततश्चालिंग्य तां भक्तां कामाख्या वाक्यमब्रवीत् । भद्रे रणान्निवर्तस्व नायं हंतुं कथंचन
tataścāliṃgya tāṃ bhaktāṃ kāmākhyā vākyamabravīt | bhadre raṇānnivartasva nāyaṃ haṃtuṃ kathaṃcana
அப்போது காமாக்யா அந்த பக்திப் பெண்ணை அணைத்து கூறினாள்— “பத்ரே, போர்க்களத்திலிருந்து திரும்பு; இவனை எவ்விதத்தாலும் கொல்ல இயலாது.”
Kāmakhyā Devī
Tirtha: Kāmakhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kāmakhyā Devī embraces a devoted woman on the edge of a battlefield, offering protective counsel; the devotee’s weapons lowered, the goddess calm and commanding.
FAQs
Devotion is guided by divine counsel; when the Goddess indicates the inviolability of a divinity, the devotee should withdraw in reverence.
The verse highlights Kāmakhyā by name (associated with the famed Śākta pīṭha), though no pilgrimage instruction appears in this specific line.
None explicitly; it is an ethical directive to desist from battle.