Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
जना ऊचुः । एषा गाधिसुतानाम ख्याता त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी । अन्तःपुरात्समायाता गौरीपूजनलालसा
janā ūcuḥ | eṣā gādhisutānāma khyātā trailokyasundarī | antaḥpurātsamāyātā gaurīpūjanalālasā
لوگ بولے: “یہ گادھی کی بیٹی کے نام سے مشہور ہے، تینوں جہانوں کی خوبصورتی۔ یہ اندرونی محل سے آئی ہے، گوری دیوی کی پوجا کی آرزو لیے۔”
People (within Sūta’s narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Villagers identify the maiden as Gādhi’s daughter, celebrated as tri-loka-sundarī, having come from the palace quarters with a single-minded desire to worship Gaurī.
FAQs
Devotion to the Divine Mother (Gaurī) is presented as a royal and public virtue, harmonizing worldly life with sacred worship.
The Kauśikī river tīrtha region, where Gaurī-worship is being undertaken in the Mahātmya’s landscape.
Gaurī-pūjā (worship of Goddess Gaurī) is explicitly mentioned.