Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72
सतां शरणदाभ्यां च पद्भ्यां नूपुरराजिता । जयेति पुष्पवर्षैश्च शक्राद्यैरभिपूजिता
satāṃ śaraṇadābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ nūpurarājitā | jayeti puṣpavarṣaiśca śakrādyairabhipūjitā
نیکوں کو پناہ دینے والے اس کے قدم چمکتے پازیبوں سے مزین تھے؛ اندرا اور دیگر دیوتاؤں نے ‘جے!’ کا نعرہ بلند کیا اور پھولوں کی بارش کرتے ہوئے اس کی پوجا کی۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: The Devī stands/appears with anklets gleaming; Indra and other gods surround her, crying ‘Jaya!’ while a rain of flowers descends from above, forming a celebratory canopy.
FAQs
Taking refuge in the Devī is praised as the highest safety for the virtuous; even the gods honor her supremacy.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies Devī’s refuge-granting nature in a pan-Puranic frame.
Offering flowers (puṣpāñjali/puṣpavarṣa) and chanting victory-cries are shown as modes of worship.