Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
आगतः कृपया मेद्य सर्वात्मा हरिरीश्वरः । उद्धर्तुं मां न संदेह एतज्जानीहि तत्त्वतः
āgataḥ kṛpayā medya sarvātmā harirīśvaraḥ | uddhartuṃ māṃ na saṃdeha etajjānīhi tattvataḥ
اليوم، رحمةً منه، جاءني هاري (Hari) الإلهُ السيد، وهو الذاتُ الكامنة في جميع الكائنات. فلا تشكّ: لقد جاء ليرفعني؛ فاعلم هذا على الحقيقة.
Daitya (speaker in the dialogue)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (frame) / internal characters witnessing the event
Scene: A devotee/sage, emotionally overwhelmed, recognizes the Lord’s compassionate arrival; the deity appears with a gentle aura, hand raised in assurance (abhaya), suggesting imminent uplift.
FAQs
Divine grace (kṛpā) is the true cause of uplift; the Lord comes as the inner Self of all to redeem.
No tīrtha is named; the line conveys bhakti theology within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative frame.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on recognizing and trusting divine compassion.