Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 124
कुलदेवी त्वमस्माकं प्रसादं कुरु नः शुभे । अष्टौ खण्डानि चास्माकं विभज्य स्वयमेव च । देही द्वासप्ततीनां नो विभेदः स्याद्यथा न नः
kuladevī tvamasmākaṃ prasādaṃ kuru naḥ śubhe | aṣṭau khaṇḍāni cāsmākaṃ vibhajya svayameva ca | dehī dvāsaptatīnāṃ no vibhedaḥ syādyathā na naḥ
“آپ ہماری کُل دیوی ہیں؛ اے مبارک ہستی، ہم پر کرپا کیجیے۔ ہمارے لیے خود ہی آٹھ حصے تقسیم فرما دیجیے، اور ایسا عطا کیجیے کہ ہمارے بہتر افراد میں کبھی اختلاف و تفرقہ نہ ہو۔”
The assembled offspring/people addressing Kumārī (within Sūta’s narration, deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kumārī (addressed by the assembled clan)
Scene: Eight leaders/princes kneel before Kumārī, requesting her grace; a symbolic map or eightfold division is suggested—perhaps eight lotuses or eight boundary markers—while a larger group (seventy-two) stands behind, unified.
FAQs
Divine grace is sought not only for prosperity but for unity and the prevention of social fracture (vibheda).
Kumārī’s sacred sphere is implied; the verse itself focuses on her role as Kuladevī rather than naming a tīrtha.
A devotional supplication (prārthanā) requesting the Goddess to arrange territorial divisions and preserve concord.