Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
एकादशे वरारोहा द्वादशे च सुमङ्गला । कल्पे त्रयोदशे चैव महामाया ह्युदाहृता
ekādaśe varārohā dvādaśe ca sumaṅgalā | kalpe trayodaśe caiva mahāmāyā hyudāhṛtā
పదకొండవ కల్పంలో నీవు ‘వరారోహా’ అని కీర్తింపబడితివి; పన్నెండవలో ‘సుమంగళా’। పదమూడవ కల్పంలో నీవే ‘మహామాయా’ అని ప్రకటింపబడితివి.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau of kalpa-wheels behind the Devī, each wheel inscribed with a name—Varārohā, Sumaṅgalā, Mahāmāyā—while Prabhāsa’s shoreline and Somnātha silhouette appear faintly below, indicating the kṣetra as witness to timeless manifestations.
FAQs
Auspiciousness and māyā are not opposed: the Goddess blesses as Sumaṅgalā and also governs manifestation as Mahāmāyā.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this authoritative naming tradition is preserved.
No explicit ritual; the passage functions as a stotra-like catalog for devotional remembrance.