Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46
ह्रींकारी देवरूपा त्वं क्लींकारी त्वं महाद्युते । आदिमध्यावसाना त्वं त्राहि चास्मान्महाभयात्
hrīṃkārī devarūpā tvaṃ klīṃkārī tvaṃ mahādyute | ādimadhyāvasānā tvaṃ trāhi cāsmānmahābhayāt
تو ہریں کار کی صورت، دیویانہ جلوہ ہے؛ تو کلیں کار ہے، اے عظیم نور والی! تو ہی آغاز، تو ہی وسط، تو ہی انجام ہے—ہمیں بھی بڑے خوف سے بچا لے۔
Viprāḥ (concluding/continuing the hymn)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī blazing with great radiance, letters ‘ह्रीं’ and ‘क्लीं’ appearing as luminous seed-syllables in the aura; a tripartite halo indicating beginning-middle-end; devotees sheltered beneath her abhaya mudrā as darkness of fear recedes.
FAQs
The Goddess is the mantra-power and the totality of time (beginning–middle–end), approached for refuge and protection.
The verse is part of the Dharmāraṇya context; it does not name a particular tirtha.
Implicit mantra-upāsanā through remembrance of bīja-syllables (Hrīṃ, Klīṃ) and a protective prayer (trāhi).