Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
भीमरूपे शिवे विद्ये महामाये महोदये । महाभागे जये जृम्भे भीमाक्षि भीमदर्शने
bhīmarūpe śive vidye mahāmāye mahodaye | mahābhāge jaye jṛmbhe bhīmākṣi bhīmadarśane
அச்சமூட்டும் வடிவமுடையவளே, சிவையே, வித்யையே, மகாமாயையே, மகோதயமே! மகாபாக்யவதியே, ஜயமே, ஜ்ரும்பையே; பயங்கரக் கண்களுடையவளே, பேராற்றல் தோற்றமுடையவளே!
Devāḥ (the gods)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A litany of names surrounds the fierce Devī: her eyes blazing, yet her posture auspicious; behind her, a rising radiance (‘mahodaya’) like a dawn within night; the devas’ hymn appears as flowing script-ribbons around the scene.
FAQs
The Goddess embodies both terrifying protection and auspicious wisdom—she is simultaneously Vidyā (illumination) and Mahāmāyā (cosmic power).
Prabhāsakṣetra, where these epithets arise in a formal stotra after the Goddess’s victory, enhancing the site’s devotional identity.
No explicit ritual; the verse is part of a stotra suitable for recitation (japa/pāṭha) in Devī worship.