Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
नमस्ते शक्तिरूपेण सृष्टिप्रलयकारिणि । नमस्ते प्रभया युक्ते विद्युज्ज्वलितकुण्डले
namaste śaktirūpeṇa sṛṣṭipralayakāriṇi | namaste prabhayā yukte vidyujjvalitakuṇḍale
சக்தி-ஸ்வரூபிணியே, ஸிருஷ்டி-ப்ரளயத்தை நிகழ்த்துபவளே—உமக்கு நமஸ்காரம். ஒளியால் விளங்கும், மின்னலைப் போல ஜ்வலிக்கும் குண்டலங்களை அணிந்தவளே—உமக்கு நமஸ்காரம்।
Śiva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Śakti)
Scene: Devī is praised as the very power of creation and dissolution, blazing with splendor; her earrings flash like lightning, illuminating the scene.
FAQs
The Goddess is not merely a deity to worship—she is the very cosmic power behind creation and dissolution.
None is directly named; the verse functions as theological praise within a tīrtha-glorifying section.
None explicitly; the verse supports devotional recitation (stotra-pāṭha) as a meritorious act.