Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
तस्माद्वरय भद्रं ते वरं मत्तो यथेप्सितम् । मुक्त्वैकं पतिधर्म्मत्वे मम कांतं महेश्वरम्
tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te varaṃ matto yathepsitam | muktvaikaṃ patidharmmatve mama kāṃtaṃ maheśvaram
«ដូច្នេះ ចូរជ្រើសរើស—សេចក្តីល្អសូមមានដល់អ្នក—ពរមួយពីខ្ញុំ តាមដែលអ្នកប្រាថ្នា; ប៉ុន្តែមានរឿងមួយតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ៖ ក្នុងធម៌ភរិយា កុំសុំឲ្យខ្ញុំបែកចេញពីអ្នកស្រឡាញ់របស់ខ្ញុំ គឺព្រះមហេស្វរ»។
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Śiva-kuṇḍa / Śivagaṅgā (contextual naming in adjacent verses)
Type: kund
Scene: A boon-bestowing goddess speaks with gentle firmness, offering any desired boon except separation from Maheśvara; Śiva’s presence is implied as the beloved anchor.
FAQs
Boons are governed by dharma; even divine generosity upholds sacred vows and relational order (pati-dharma).
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes dharmic principles within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.
None; the verse gives an ethical boundary tied to dharma rather than a ritual instruction.