Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
कल्पांतमिव संजातं तदा तस्मिंश्च कीलिते । पार्वत्या सहसा तस्य कृत कीलनकं तदा
kalpāṃtamiva saṃjātaṃ tadā tasmiṃśca kīlite | pārvatyā sahasā tasya kṛta kīlanakaṃ tadā
When he had thus been immobilized, it seemed as though the end of an aeon had arrived. Then Pārvatī suddenly performed upon him that act of ‘pinning’.
Vyāsa (narration)
Tirtha: Unnamed Śiva-tīrtha (kalpānta-like ‘kīlana’ locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: O great one (addressed interlocutor not specified in verse)
Scene: A sudden cosmic tremor: skies darken as if at pralaya, winds swirl; Pārvatī performs the ‘kīlana’ act upon Śiva; the ground glows, marking the birth of a powerful tīrtha.
FAQs
The text magnifies the event’s cosmic significance, implying that tīrtha origins are rooted in world-shaping divine acts.
The Śiva-tīrtha associated with Dharmāraṇya, whose greatness is being unfolded through this episode.
None; this is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.