Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
शाकम्भर्युवाच । चतुःषष्टिगणा देवि मातृणां ये व्यवस्थिताः । चमत्कारपुरे ख्याता हास्यात्तुष्टिं व्रजंति याः
śākambharyuvāca | catuḥṣaṣṭigaṇā devi mātṛṇāṃ ye vyavasthitāḥ | camatkārapure khyātā hāsyāttuṣṭiṃ vrajaṃti yāḥ
சாகம்பரீ கூறினாள்— ‘தேவி, மாத்ருகணங்களின் அறுபத்துநான்கு குழுக்கள் முறையாக நிலைபெற்றுள்ளன; சமத்காரபுரத்தில் புகழ்பெற்று, நகைப்பினால் திருப்தியடைவோர்—’
Śākambharī
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śākambharī addresses the Goddess, describing the sixty-four companies of Mother-goddesses stationed in Camatkārapura, who are pleased by laughter—suggesting a vibrant, uncanny yet auspicious śākta assembly.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are supported by divine retinues (Mātṛkās), indicating that place-based worship participates in a larger sacred order.
Camatkārapura is explicitly named as the famed locale associated with the Mothers’ hosts.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the Mātṛkā hosts as part of the devotional framework that will inform worship and offerings.
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