Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
अन्धक उवाच । अनेनैव तु रूपेण ये त्वां ध्यायंति देहिनः । पूजयंति च सद्भक्त्या संस्थाप्य प्रतिमां तव । तेषां सिद्धिः प्रदातव्या त्वया हृदयवांछिता
andhaka uvāca | anenaiva tu rūpeṇa ye tvāṃ dhyāyaṃti dehinaḥ | pūjayaṃti ca sadbhaktyā saṃsthāpya pratimāṃ tava | teṣāṃ siddhiḥ pradātavyā tvayā hṛdayavāṃchitā
อันธกะกล่าวว่า: “สัตว์ผู้มีร่างกายทั้งหลาย ผู้เพ่งภาวนาแด่พระองค์ในรูปนี้เอง และผู้ตั้งปฏิมาของพระองค์แล้วบูชาด้วยภักติอันแท้จริง—ขอพระองค์ประทานความสำเร็จสมดังปรารถนาในดวงใจแก่เขาเถิด”
Andhaka
Type: temple
Listener: Śrī Devī
Scene: Andhaka petitions that devotees who meditate on the Goddess in this very form and establish her image for worship should receive their heart’s desired attainments.
FAQs
Sincere meditation and devoted worship—especially after establishing the deity’s image—are presented as direct causes for receiving heart-desired spiritual attainments.
The verse occurs in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 150), within the praise of the local Devī tradition associated with Kelīśvarī/“Kelīśvara Devī.”
Pratimā-saṃsthāpana (installation of the deity’s image), followed by pūjā with sadbhakti and dhyāna (meditation).