Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 121
तस्मिन्कलियुगे घोरे रौद्रे रुद्रेऽतिनिर्घृणे । एवं तृतीयं तन्मह्यं स्थानमत्र भविष्यति
tasminkaliyuge ghore raudre rudre'tinirghṛṇe | evaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tanmahyaṃ sthānamatra bhaviṣyati
اُس ہولناک کَلی یُگ میں—جو سخت رَودر، رُدر اور نہایت بےرحم ہوگا—یوں یہاں میرا تیسرا مقدس دھام، اپنی عظمت کے سبب، قائم ہوگا۔
Devī (Goddess)
Tirtha: Third abode at Gayatrāḍa (name not separately given)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A darkened Kali-yuga landscape—conflict, harshness, withered dharma symbols—contrasted by the sudden emergence of a radiant sacred abode (third seat) at the site: a luminous shrine/linga/devī-sthāna (as appropriate) with protective aura and pilgrims approaching.
FAQs
Even in Kali-yuga’s harshness, the Divine establishes accessible sanctuaries where devotion and pilgrimage can still bear great merit.
The verse speaks of a forthcoming sacred abode ‘here’ (atra) without naming it in this snippet; the precise tīrtha is clarified in the surrounding adhyāya context.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it announces the emergence of a sacred abode associated with Devī’s greatness.