Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
तव भावपरीक्षार्थं द्विजो भूत्वाहमागतः । व्याघ्रेण या परिग्रस्ता सैषा दैवी गिरींद्रजा
tava bhāvaparīkṣārthaṃ dvijo bhūtvāhamāgataḥ | vyāghreṇa yā parigrastā saiṣā daivī girīṃdrajā
Um die Aufrichtigkeit deines inneren Sinnes zu prüfen, kam ich hierher, indem ich die Gestalt eines Brāhmaṇa annahm. Und die „Prinzessin, Tochter des Herrn der Berge“, die vom Tiger gepackt zu sein schien, war wahrhaft eine göttliche Offenbarung.
Śiva (revealing himself after the test)
Scene: A serene yet tense forest-court setting: a brāhmaṇa-disguised deity reveals he came to test the king’s inner intent; beside them stands a radiant mountain-born princess, previously appearing as prey to a tiger, now shown as a divine manifestation.
FAQs
True devotion is measured by inner intention (bhāva), and the Divine may test it through deceptive appearances.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Śiva’s līlā (divine test) within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narrative.
None here; the verse centers on a moral-spiritual test rather than a stated rite.