Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
पार्वत्युवाच । अप्रमाणं भवद्वाक्यं भास्करोऽपि करिष्यति । वृथा क्लेशो भवेदस्याः प्रभायाः परमेश्वर
pārvatyuvāca | apramāṇaṃ bhavadvākyaṃ bhāskaro'pi kariṣyati | vṛthā kleśo bhavedasyāḥ prabhāyāḥ parameśvara
Pārvatī dit : « Ô Parameśvara, même Bhāskara rendra ta parole sans autorité. Alors toute la souffrance de Prabhā, ô Souverain suprême, deviendrait vaine. »
Pārvatī (Umā)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (episode locus)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Pārvatī questions Śiva: if Sūrya can negate your word, Prabhā’s suffering becomes pointless—an intense but respectful divine dialogue.
FAQs
Divine promises (Śiva’s word) should not be rendered ineffective; dharma includes ensuring that sincere effort and austerity are not made fruitless.
The passage leads into the Prabhāseśa tīrtha/Prabhāseśa-liṅga narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct rite is stated here; it sets the ethical-theological context for later tīrtha merit and observances.