Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
गंगोवाच । अपि दौर्भाग्ययुक्ताऽहं भार्या जाताऽस्मि शूलिनः । तस्मादेकं दिनं देहि क्रीडनार्थमनेन तु
gaṃgovāca | api daurbhāgyayuktā'haṃ bhāryā jātā'smi śūlinaḥ | tasmādekaṃ dinaṃ dehi krīḍanārthamanena tu
Gaṅgā dit : «Bien que marquée par l’infortune, je suis devenue l’épouse du Seigneur au trident. Accorde-moi donc un seul jour, afin que je puisse me réjouir en jouant auprès de Lui.»
Gaṅgā
Tirtha: Śiva-kuṇḍa / Śivagaṅgā (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Gaṅgā, personified as a radiant river-goddess, speaks with humility, requesting a single day to sport with the trident-bearing Śiva.
FAQs
Even divine beings express humility; sacred narratives frame devotion and intimacy with Śiva as a source of auspiciousness.
The context leads into the glorification of Śivagaṅgā-kuṇḍa, a tīrtha described in the Arbudakhaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets up the tīrtha’s origin narrative.