Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
त्रिपुरा त्वरिता नित्या सांख्या कुंडलिनी ध्रुवा । कल्याणी शोभना निरया निष्कला परमा कला
tripurā tvaritā nityā sāṃkhyā kuṃḍalinī dhruvā | kalyāṇī śobhanā nirayā niṣkalā paramā kalā
وہ تریپورا اور توَرِتا ہے؛ وہ نِتیا، سانکھیا، کُنڈلِنی اور ثابت قدم ہے۔ وہ کلیانی اور حسین ہے؛ وہ نزول سے ماورا، بےجزو اور بےداغ—یعنی اعلیٰ ترین کَلا اور شکتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous Devī as the many-named Śakti: Tripurā enthroned within a yantric mandala, a subtle serpent-power (kuṇḍalinī) rising through lotuses, surrounded by a halo of epithets like a garland; Prabhāsa’s sea-breeze and temple lamps in the background.
FAQs
The Goddess is both the yogic inner power (Kuṇḍalinī) and the transcendent, attribute-less Supreme—uniting practice and realization.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where this hymn of names is situated within the Māhātmya.
No explicit rite; the verse supports meditative japa by presenting contemplative names (Tripurā, Kuṇḍalinī, niṣkalā).