Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
त्वया कात्यायनी प्रोक्ता चामुण्डा च सुरेश्वरी । श्रीमाता च समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी
tvayā kātyāyanī proktā cāmuṇḍā ca sureśvarī | śrīmātā ca samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī
آپ نے کاتیاینی اور چامُنڈا—دیویوں کی حاکمہ—کا بھی بیان کر دیا، اور شری ماتا اور اُن کے ظہور کا بھی۔ پھر یہ سُریشوری (کیلیشوری) کس مقصد کے لیے پیدا ہوئیں؟
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī/Sureśvarī-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūtanandana (son of Sūta) addressed by sages
Scene: A seated assembly of sages/questions posed to the Sūta’s son: the listeners enumerate Devī-forms already narrated and ask the specific ‘why’ behind the arising of Sureśvarī/Kelīśvarī; palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha backdrop suggested.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision honors many forms of Devī, each manifesting for a distinct cosmic and local purpose.
The question prepares the narration of Kelīśvarī’s localized māhātmya—her particular shrine and its spiritual efficacy.
None directly; it requests doctrinal and narrative clarification about the goddess’s manifestation.