Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95
ततो गते भगवति नीललोहिते सहोमया गिरिममलं हि भूधरः । सबांधवो रुदिति हि कस्य नो मनो विसंष्ठंलं जगति हि कन्यकापितुः
tato gate bhagavati nīlalohite sahomayā girimamalaṃ hi bhūdharaḥ | sabāṃdhavo ruditi hi kasya no mano visaṃṣṭhaṃlaṃ jagati hi kanyakāpituḥ
Cuando el Bienaventurado Nīlalohita (Śiva) partió con Umā, el señor de las montañas (Himālaya), con todos sus parientes, lloró amargamente sobre su monte inmaculado. En verdad, ¿de quién no se estremece el corazón en este mundo ante la pena del padre de una hija?
Narrator (Sūta)
Tirtha: Himālaya (Girirāja)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After Nīlalohita (Śiva) departs with Umā, Himālaya stands upon his pure slopes, surrounded by kin, openly weeping; the vast mountain landscape mirrors the heaviness of separation.
FAQs
Even within divine events, humanlike dharma and emotion are honored—parental love and the pain of separation are treated as universally moving.
Himālaya is evoked as a sacred mountain realm; the verse emphasizes its sanctity through the divine-family narrative.
No ritual prescription appears; the verse conveys the emotional and dharmic gravity surrounding Umā’s departure.