Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
न जातोऽभवद्भार्या पतिश्चेति वर्तते च भवो हि सः । न स जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः
na jāto'bhavadbhāryā patiśceti vartate ca bhavo hi saḥ | na sa jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ
“He is not ‘born’ in the ordinary sense, and yet he is spoken of as ‘husband’ and ‘wife’—for he is Bhava (Śiva). That Mahādeva is not born, he from whom arise past, future, and all becoming.”
Nārada
Scene: A doctrinal proclamation: Bhava (Śiva) is called husband/wife in discourse, yet is truly unborn—source of past, future, and all becoming; the scene is more cosmic than narrative.
FAQs
Śiva is beyond birth and time, yet compassionately enters relational language so devotees can approach the transcendent through dharmic forms.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is metaphysical praise of Mahādeva.
None.