Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
यत्किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु स्त्रीरूपं देवि दृश्यते । तत्सर्वं त्वन्मयं नात्र विकल्पोऽस्ति मम क्वचित्
yatkiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu strīrūpaṃ devi dṛśyate | tatsarvaṃ tvanmayaṃ nātra vikalpo'sti mama kvacit
اے دیوی! تینوں لوکوں میں جو بھی نسوانی صورت دکھائی دیتی ہے، وہ سب سراسر تیری ہی تجلی ہے۔ اس میں مجھے کہیں بھی کوئی شک نہیں۔
Niṣadhādhipati (the lord/king of Niṣadha), offering Devī-stuti
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary panorama of the three worlds where countless feminine forms—goddesses, women, personified virtues—appear as rays/emanations converging into one Mahādevī, emphasizing immanence and unity.
FAQs
It teaches a unified vision: the Divine Mother pervades all manifestations of feminine power across the cosmos.
No site is named in the verse; it supports the chapter’s māhātmya by grounding tīrtha-worship in all-pervading Devī theology.
None; it is a doctrinal affirmation strengthening faith (niścaya) in the Goddess.