Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
सूत उवाच । इत्येष शिवभक्तायाः सीमंतिन्या नृपस्त्रियाः । प्रभावः कथितः शंभोर्माहात्म्यमपि वर्णितम्
sūta uvāca | ityeṣa śivabhaktāyāḥ sīmaṃtinyā nṛpastriyāḥ | prabhāvaḥ kathitaḥ śaṃbhormāhātmyamapi varṇitam
Sūta dijo: «Así se ha narrado el poder maravilloso de la reina Sīmaṃtinī, devota de Śiva; y con ello también se ha descrito la grandeza de Śambhu».
Sūta
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and assembled sages
Scene: Sūta seated in a forest hermitage, addressing sages; the narrative spotlight on Queen Sīmaṃtinī as a Śiva-bhaktā; Śiva’s presence suggested (liṅga/halo) as her devotion is praised.
FAQs
The purāṇa frames the devotee’s glory as inseparable from the deity’s greatness—Śiva’s māhātmya is revealed through the fruits of bhakti.
No particular tīrtha is named in this closing summary verse.
None; it is a narrative conclusion highlighting bhakti and māhātmya.