Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
न देवी जेष्यति पतिं नेशः शक्तिं विजेष्यति । किंचिद्विज्ञप्तुकामोस्मि तन्मातरवधार्यताम्
na devī jeṣyati patiṃ neśaḥ śaktiṃ vijeṣyati | kiṃcidvijñaptukāmosmi tanmātaravadhāryatām
เทวีมิได้พิชิตพระสวามีโดยแท้ และพระอีศะก็มิได้พิชิตศักติของพระองค์โดยแท้ กระนั้นข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะทูลคำขอเล็กน้อย—ข้าแต่พระมารดา โปรดทรงสดับเถิด
Nārada
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages
Scene: A devotee-speaker (or a divine attendant) addresses Devī with folded hands while acknowledging the unbreakable unity of Śiva and Śakti; Śiva and Devī sit together, calm, neither triumphant nor defeated.
FAQs
Śiva and Śakti are ultimately unconquerable by one another—divine unity transcends rivalry and duality.
The setting remains Kailāsa; the verse emphasizes theological harmony rather than a local tīrtha.
None; it introduces a respectful petition to the Divine Mother.