Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
त्वया कात्यायनी प्रोक्ता चामुण्डा च सुरेश्वरी । श्रीमाता च समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी
tvayā kātyāyanī proktā cāmuṇḍā ca sureśvarī | śrīmātā ca samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī
நீங்கள் காத்யாயனியையும், தேவர்களின் அரசியான சாமுண்டையையும், மேலும் ஸ்ரீமாதாவின் அவதாரத்தையும் கூறினீர். அப்படியெனில் இந்த சுரேஸ்வரி (கேலீஸ்வரி) எதற்காகத் தோன்றினாள்?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī/Sureśvarī-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana (son of Sūta) addressed by sages
Scene: A seated assembly of sages/questions posed to the Sūta’s son: the listeners enumerate Devī-forms already narrated and ask the specific ‘why’ behind the arising of Sureśvarī/Kelīśvarī; palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha backdrop suggested.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision honors many forms of Devī, each manifesting for a distinct cosmic and local purpose.
The question prepares the narration of Kelīśvarī’s localized māhātmya—her particular shrine and its spiritual efficacy.
None directly; it requests doctrinal and narrative clarification about the goddess’s manifestation.