Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
एताश्चान्याश्च बह्व्यश्च मातरो भरतर्षभ । बहुलत्वादहं तासां न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे
etāścānyāśca bahvyaśca mātaro bharatarṣabha | bahulatvādahaṃ tāsāṃ na saṃkhyātumihotsahe
یہ اور ایسی بہت سی مائیں، اے بھارتوں میں برتر (بھرتَرِشب)، بے شمار ہیں؛ ان کی کثرت کے سبب میں یہاں ان کی گنتی کرنے کی جسارت نہیں کرتا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Listener: Bhārata-ṛṣabha (a foremost of the Bhāratas)
Scene: The narrator pauses, gesturing to an endless horizon of Mothers fading into the cosmic background—countless forms extending beyond the frame; the listener (Bhārata-śreṣṭha) stands in reverent awe.
FAQs
Divine powers are beyond human counting; humility before the vastness of Śakti is itself a mark of right understanding.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is the immeasurable multitude of the Mothers.
None; it is a narrative aside about the impossibility of full enumeration.