In this
connection the following verses from the Kalika Purana and the Yogini Tantra are
significant: Tatsama Kamarupe tu sarvatraiva jale sthale
Sarvasrestho yatra Visnurlaksmih sarvottama yatha
Devipuja tatha sasta Kamarupe Suralaye
Deviksetram Kamarupam Vidyatenyam-na tatsamam
Anyatra virala Devi Kamarupe grhe grhe.
(Kalika Purana, Ch. 58).
Jale sthale Kamarupe pujananca samam phalam
Kamarupe yatha Visnuh sarvasrestha Laksmi Mahesvari
Kamarupe tatha devi-puja sarvottama smrta
Kantarupam deviksetram kutrapi tat samam na ca
Anyatra virala Devi Kamarupe grhe grhe.
(Yoginitantra, II/V. 150). |