Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
चक्रं समुद्यतं दृष्ट्वा मया तस्मिन्रणाजिरे । कामाख्या नाम मां देवी पुरः स्थित्वा वचोऽब्रवीत्
cakraṃ samudyataṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā tasminraṇājire | kāmākhyā nāma māṃ devī puraḥ sthitvā vaco'bravīt
اس میدانِ جنگ میں جب اس نے مجھے چکر اٹھاتے دیکھا تو کاماکھیا نامی دیوی میرے سامنے آ کھڑی ہوئی اور یہ کلمات بولی۔
Janārdana
Tirtha: Kāmākhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: On the battlefield, as the discus is raised, Devī Kāmākhyā manifests directly before the wielder—calm, commanding, stopping the impending strike with presence and speech.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray harmony of divine powers: the Goddess intervenes to guide even the supreme protector toward a higher dhārmic outcome.
Kāmākhyā is invoked by name, strongly pointing to her celebrated sacred locus in Purāṇic sacred geography.
None explicitly in this verse; it introduces the Goddess’s directive.