In the archaic skandapurANa the goddess kaushikI daughter of umA and rudra places her various emanations across greater India thus:
- bahuputrikA (a kaumAra goddess) & pralambA lankA;
- lambauShTI, kiMnarI & vR^iShadaMshA in siMhala;
- revatI (a kaumAra goddess) in gokarNa;
- mukhamaNDikA (kaumAra goddess) in pANDya; shivA in AbhIra;
- shAnti in varaNAtaTa;
- prabhA in vatsagulma
- lakShmI in kollagiri;
- upakA in pArashIka (Iranic land),
- vAyasI in yavanadesha (Greek land);
- prachaNDA at tukhArasthAna (Tocharia);
- lambikA in kausala,
- jayA+vijayA at svapura (?)
- prabhAvatI in kali~Nga;
- jayantI in hastinApura;
- ShaShThI in kashmIra;
- saramA in malaya;
- pUtanA in suvIra;
- mR^ityu in piShTapura;
- bahumAMsA in koTIvarsha;
- kaTapUtanA in paundravardhana;
- aspR^iShTA in madhyadesha;
- kiMnarI-2 in barbara;
- nirAyAsyA & chitragaNTA in vArANasI;
- mahAkAlI in ujjayinI;
- vAnarI in shabara-desha.
This list of 32 goddesses include kaushikI herself in the vindhya-s is likely the old list of shaktI-pITha-s that later expanded in number. Some of them survive as is to date. Most famous is lakshmI of kollagiri in modern Maharashtra.