Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
न देवी जेष्यति पतिं नेशः शक्तिं विजेष्यति । किंचिद्विज्ञप्तुकामोस्मि तन्मातरवधार्यताम्
na devī jeṣyati patiṃ neśaḥ śaktiṃ vijeṣyati | kiṃcidvijñaptukāmosmi tanmātaravadhāryatām
نہ دیوی حقیقتاً اپنے پتی کو فتح کرے گی، نہ ایشور اپنی شکتی کو مغلوب کرے گا۔ پھر بھی میری ایک چھوٹی سی عرض ہے—اے ماتا، اسے سماعت فرمائیں۔
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.