Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
शशांककौमुदी त्वं च सौरी शक्तिस्त्वमेव च । सर्वदेवमयी शक्तिस्त्वमेव परमेश्वरी
śaśāṃkakaumudī tvaṃ ca saurī śaktistvameva ca | sarvadevamayī śaktistvameva parameśvarī
تو ہی چاند کی ٹھنڈی کومودی ہے، اور تو ہی سورج کی شکتی ہے۔ سب دیوتاؤں سے بھری ہوئی شکتی تو ہی ہے؛ بے شک تو ہی پرمیشوری ہے۔
Devas
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī is envisioned as both the moon’s cool radiance and the sun’s power, then as the all-gods-contained Supreme; imagery shifts from soothing lunar glow to blazing solar aura, resolving into a single transcendent form.
FAQs
The many divine powers are unified in the Supreme Goddess; worship of Śakti is worship of the whole cosmos’ sustaining energy.
The verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa stuti sequence, reinforcing Kāśī’s identity as a supremely protected and sanctified kṣetra.
None explicit; it supports devotional recitation (stotra) as a meritorious act.