Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
सहस्रं वत्सराणां तु रतासक्तस्य शूलिनः । अतिक्रांतं न देवानां तेन कृत्यं विनिर्मितम्
sahasraṃ vatsarāṇāṃ tu ratāsaktasya śūlinaḥ | atikrāṃtaṃ na devānāṃ tena kṛtyaṃ vinirmitam
فلمدّةِ ألفِ سنةٍ ظلّ شُولين (شيفا) غارقًا في الاتحادِ العِشقيّ؛ وخلال ذلك كلّه لم يستطع الآلهةُ إنجازَ العملِ المقصود الذي كان متعلّقًا به.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied)
Type: peak
Scene: A time-lapse sense: Śiva (Śūlin) absorbed in union, while in the distance the devas wait helplessly as years pass; the contrast between divine intimacy and cosmic crisis.
FAQs
Even the gods’ plans depend on divine timing; worldly urgency yields to the sovereign will of Śiva.
Kailāsa is the implied sacred locus, the divine abode from which the ensuing tīrtha-narrative unfolds.
None directly; the verse sets narrative context for later dharmic or tīrtha-related instruction.