Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
तव भावपरीक्षार्थं द्विजो भूत्वाहमागतः । व्याघ्रेण या परिग्रस्ता सैषा दैवी गिरींद्रजा
tava bhāvaparīkṣārthaṃ dvijo bhūtvāhamāgataḥ | vyāghreṇa yā parigrastā saiṣā daivī girīṃdrajā
तुम्हारे अंतःभाव की परीक्षा के लिए मैं ब्राह्मण-रूप धारण कर यहाँ आया। जो ‘गिरिराज की पुत्री’ व्याघ्र से ग्रस्त-सी दिखी, वह वास्तव में दिव्य प्रकटि थी।
Śiva (revealing himself after the test)
Scene: A serene yet tense forest-court setting: a brāhmaṇa-disguised deity reveals he came to test the king’s inner intent; beside them stands a radiant mountain-born princess, previously appearing as prey to a tiger, now shown as a divine manifestation.
FAQs
True devotion is measured by inner intention (bhāva), and the Divine may test it through deceptive appearances.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Śiva’s līlā (divine test) within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narrative.
None here; the verse centers on a moral-spiritual test rather than a stated rite.