Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
एकादशे वरारोहा द्वादशे च सुमङ्गला । कल्पे त्रयोदशे चैव महामाया ह्युदाहृता
ekādaśe varārohā dvādaśe ca sumaṅgalā | kalpe trayodaśe caiva mahāmāyā hyudāhṛtā
اے دیوی! گیارھویں کلپ میں تُو ‘وراروہا’ کہلائی؛ بارھویں میں ‘سُمنگلا’ یعنی نہایت مبارک۔ اور تیرھویں کلپ میں تُو ‘مہامایا’—عظیم قوتِ تجلّی—کے نام سے مشہور کی گئی۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau of kalpa-wheels behind the Devī, each wheel inscribed with a name—Varārohā, Sumaṅgalā, Mahāmāyā—while Prabhāsa’s shoreline and Somnātha silhouette appear faintly below, indicating the kṣetra as witness to timeless manifestations.
FAQs
Auspiciousness and māyā are not opposed: the Goddess blesses as Sumaṅgalā and also governs manifestation as Mahāmāyā.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this authoritative naming tradition is preserved.
No explicit ritual; the passage functions as a stotra-like catalog for devotional remembrance.