Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
अपूर्वं च स्वसदनं दृष्ट्वा सीत्सुखविह्वला । श्रुत्वा पुत्रमुखात्सर्वं प्रसादं गिरिजापतेः
apūrvaṃ ca svasadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā sītsukhavihvalā | śrutvā putramukhātsarvaṃ prasādaṃ girijāpateḥ
Voyant sa propre demeure comme une chose sans précédent, elle fut bouleversée de joie ; et, entendant de la bouche de son fils le récit entier de la grâce de Girijā-pati (Śiva),
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: She beholds her home transformed into something unprecedented and is overcome with joy; the son narrates Śiva’s grace, and the atmosphere feels sanctified and luminous.
FAQs
Hearing the testimony of devotion and grace strengthens faith; Śiva’s prasāda becomes a shared family realization.
The narrative context points to worship at a Śiva-abode (Śivālaya), without naming a particular pilgrimage site.
No explicit prescription; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (hearing) of divine grace as spiritually uplifting.