Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
पुष्पतोयफलाद्यानि नियुक्ता पार्वती व्यधात् । महेन्द्रोपि च मद्वाक्यात्स्मरं सस्मार भारत
puṣpatoyaphalādyāni niyuktā pārvatī vyadhāt | mahendropi ca madvākyātsmaraṃ sasmāra bhārata
命を受けたパールヴァティーは、花と水と果実などの供物を整えた。さらにマヘーンドラ（インドラ）も、我が言葉により、スマラ（カーマデーヴァ）を想起し招いた、バーラタよ。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Bhārata/Phālguna (Arjuna) as framed listener; also Indra as actor within the story
Scene: Pārvatī arranges flowers, water, fruits and other offerings; simultaneously Indra, prompted by the narrator, mentally invokes Kāmadeva (Smara). Two actions in parallel: ritual preparation and divine remembrance.
FAQs
Divine purposes unfold through disciplined preparation and right intention—offerings and resolve precede transformative outcomes.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative setup within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva context.
Only general offering-items are referenced (flowers, water, fruits); no formal vrata or tīrtha-rite is prescribed in this line.