Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
नित्यं शैलाधिराजस्य देवता त्वमनिंदिते । सर्वं च सन्निधानं च मयि चातीव वत्सला
nityaṃ śailādhirājasya devatā tvamaniṃdite | sarvaṃ ca sannidhānaṃ ca mayi cātīva vatsalā
ಹೇ ಅನಿಂದಿತೆ, ನೀನು ನಿತ್ಯ ಶೈಲಾಧಿರಾಜನ ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾತ್ರೀ ದೇವತೆ; ನೀನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಅವನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಾನದಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವೆ, ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ವಾತ್ಸಲ್ಯವಂತಿ।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa); direct speech attributed within the story to the devatā addressing Pārvatī
Tirtha: Girirāja (Himālaya)
Type: peak
Scene: A tender domestic divine moment: a speaker (likely Śiva/Skanda-context) addresses the ‘blameless’ goddess, praising her as the ever-deity of Girirāja and as wholly present and affectionate.
FAQs
Divine relationships in Purāṇas uphold dharma through mutual care—devotion is expressed as presence, service, and tenderness.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse invokes the sacred Himalayan identity (Śailādhirāja) as a devotional frame.
None; it is praise and relational theology rather than a ritual injunction.