Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
ततस्तेजोमयी कन्या तत्र जाता स्वरूपिणी । शक्तिरूपा महाकाया दिव्यलक्षणलक्षिता
tatastejomayī kanyā tatra jātā svarūpiṇī | śaktirūpā mahākāyā divyalakṣaṇalakṣitā
پھر وہاں خالص نور سے بنی ایک کنیا ظاہر ہوئی، اپنے حقیقی روپ میں؛ وہ شَکتی کا مجسمہ، عظیم الجثہ، اور الٰہی نشانوں سے مزین تھی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Devī-prādurbhāva-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (addressed as nṛpa)
Scene: From the glowing maṇḍala rises a towering maiden of pure light, her body formed of golden radiance, bearing auspicious divine marks; the surrounding devas recoil in wonder and fold hands in devotion.
FAQs
Divinity can manifest tangibly when spiritual energies are ritually harmonized and purified.
The Arbuda-khaṇḍa milieu (Arbuda sacred region) frames the Goddess’s manifestation.
The verse implies a prior maṇḍala-and-mantra rite culminating in a Śakti manifestation, though it does not prescribe steps here.