Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66
निशम्य वाक्यं गिरिजा सती तदा ह्युवाच वाक्यं च विहस्य तं प्रति । जानासि सर्वं च बटोऽद्य पश्य मे द्यूतं महेशेन करोमि तेऽग्रतः
niśamya vākyaṃ girijā satī tadā hyuvāca vākyaṃ ca vihasya taṃ prati | jānāsi sarvaṃ ca baṭo'dya paśya me dyūtaṃ maheśena karomi te'grataḥ
Entendant ses paroles, Girijā Satī lui répondit en riant : «Tu sais tout, enfant ! Aujourd’hui, regarde : je jouerai aux dés avec Maheśa, juste devant toi.»
Pārvatī (Girijā/Satī), addressing Nārada
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Girijā laughs, addressing Nārada as ‘child’, and declares she will play dice with Maheśa before him; Śiva remains composed, the scene charged with playful intimacy.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames events as līlā: even a ‘game’ becomes a stage for teaching, witnessed by sages and sanctified by divine presence.
The Kedāra sacred region is the narrative backdrop; no single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.
None.