Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
दुर्लभं प्राप्य मानुष्यं गिरिराजगृहेऽधुना । भोगांश्च दुर्लभान्देवि त्यक्त्वा किं क्लिश्यते वपुः
durlabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ girirājagṛhe'dhunā | bhogāṃśca durlabhāndevi tyaktvā kiṃ kliśyate vapuḥ
“Having obtained this hard-to-attain human condition, and now dwelling in the house of the Lord of Mountains, O Goddess—why is your body tormented, abandoning even rare enjoyments?”
Brahmacārin/Vratī (ascetic) addressing Pārvatī
Tirtha: Himālaya / Giri-rāja-gṛha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In the Himalayan abode, the speaker laments that Devī, despite rare human embodiment and access to ‘rare enjoyments’, chooses bodily hardship; snowy peaks and austere terrain contrast with Devī’s delicate form.
FAQs
Human birth and privilege can tempt one toward comfort, yet true spiritual aims may demand renunciation and endurance.
No tīrtha is praised explicitly; the setting alludes to Himālaya (Girirāja) as a sacred landscape.
None explicitly; the verse contrasts bhoga (enjoyment) with self-discipline.