Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
स्कंद उवाच । तत्र गत्वा महादेव किं करिष्यसि सांप्रतम् । तन्मे ब्रूहि जगन्नाथ कृत्यं सर्वमशेषतः
skaṃda uvāca | tatra gatvā mahādeva kiṃ kariṣyasi sāṃpratam | tanme brūhi jagannātha kṛtyaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ
Skanda dit : « Ô Mahādeva, une fois arrivé là-bas, que feras-tu à présent ? Dis-le-moi, ô Seigneur de l’univers : ton dessein entier et tous tes actes, sans rien omettre. »
Skanda (Ṣaḍānana/Kārttikeya)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Skanda, respectful and earnest, questions Śiva about his intended actions at Dharmāraṇya; the moment is intimate—teacher and disciple poised at the threshold of a sacred narrative.
FAQs
Inquiry with humility—asking the divine purpose—opens the way for deeper teaching (māhātmya and dharma).
Dharmāraṇya, referenced as the place Śiva intends to visit.
No ritual is stated; the verse sets up an explanatory discourse on what Śiva will do.