Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
तस्मात्केलीश्वरीनाम त्रैलोक्ये त्वं भविष्यसि । अनेनैव तु रूपेण यस्त्वां भक्त्याऽर्चयिष्यति
tasmātkelīśvarīnāma trailokye tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | anenaiva tu rūpeṇa yastvāṃ bhaktyā'rcayiṣyati
ฉะนั้น ในไตรโลก ท่านจักเป็นที่รู้จักนามว่า ‘เคลีศวรี’ และผู้ใดบูชาท่านด้วยภักติในรูปนี้โดยตรง
Devadeva (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī (as a kṣetra-devatā/temple form)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine proclamation scene: the goddess stands in her distinctive ‘Kelīśvarī’ form, radiant and playful yet sovereign, while sages/priests receive the decree that her name will be renowned across the three worlds; devotees approach with folded hands.
FAQs
A deity’s revealed form and name become a stable refuge for devotees; worship offered with bhakti to that form is especially efficacious.
The setting is Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on the deity’s name and form rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Arcana (devotional worship) to Kelīśvarī ‘in this very form’ is prescribed in principle.