Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
तस्मात्केलीश्वरीनाम त्रैलोक्ये त्वं भविष्यसि । अनेनैव तु रूपेण यस्त्वां भक्त्याऽर्चयिष्यति
tasmātkelīśvarīnāma trailokye tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | anenaiva tu rūpeṇa yastvāṃ bhaktyā'rcayiṣyati
اسی لیے تینوں لوکوں میں تم ‘کیلیشوری’ کے نام سے جانی جاؤ گی۔ اور جو کوئی اسی روپ میں بھکتی سے تیری ارچنا کرے گا،
Devadeva (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kelīśvarī (as a kṣetra-devatā/temple form)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine proclamation scene: the goddess stands in her distinctive ‘Kelīśvarī’ form, radiant and playful yet sovereign, while sages/priests receive the decree that her name will be renowned across the three worlds; devotees approach with folded hands.
FAQs
A deity’s revealed form and name become a stable refuge for devotees; worship offered with bhakti to that form is especially efficacious.
The setting is Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on the deity’s name and form rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
Arcana (devotional worship) to Kelīśvarī ‘in this very form’ is prescribed in principle.