Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
सर्वै र्ज्ञाता रसाभिज्ञैर्मधुरास्वाददायिनी । त्वया विश्वमिदं सर्वं बलस्नेहसमन्वितम्
sarvai rjñātā rasābhijñairmadhurāsvādadāyinī | tvayā viśvamidaṃ sarvaṃ balasnehasamanvitam
رَس کے شناسا سب تجھے شیریں ذائقہ عطا کرنے والی جانتے ہیں؛ تیرے ہی سبب یہ سارا جہان قوت اور بندھنِ محبت سے بھر کر قائم ہے۔
Unspecified (contextual stuti within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely a devotee/sage praising Devī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within tīrtha-māhātmya narration
Scene: Devī is envisioned as a subtle, all-pervading sweetness flowing through the universe—like nectar—binding beings with affection and empowering them with strength; pilgrims taste prasāda at a tīrtha shrine.
FAQs
The Divine Mother is the rasa (living sweetness/essence) that gives the world cohesion—strength and loving unity.
This verse functions as Devī-stuti within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in the shloka itself.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is a praise verse establishing Devī’s sustaining presence.