Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अथ जानाति नो गौरी मानिनी परमेश्वरी । तस्यैवं चिन्तयानस्य बहुशो नृपसत्तम
atha jānāti no gaurī māninī parameśvarī | tasyaivaṃ cintayānasya bahuśo nṛpasattama
そのとき、誇り高き至上の女神ガウリーは（彼の思い）を知った。彼がそのように幾度も思案しているとき、王の中の最勝者よ……
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda kṣetra (Acaleśvara context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpasattama)
Scene: Gaurī, dignified and slightly proud (māninī), perceives Śiva’s repeated inner pondering; the air is charged with unspoken dialogue, set against Arbuda’s rocky slopes and forested ridges.
FAQs
Puranic tīrtha narratives often unfold through divine relational awareness—Gaurī’s understanding signals the next dharmic resolution.
The Arbuda sacred region where the Acaleśvara-Gaṅgā theme is being developed.
None in this verse; it sets the narrative stage for a practical sacred arrangement.