Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
सप्तमे मारुतस्कंधे व स नित्यं प्रियात्मज । कार्येष्वहं त्वया पुत्र संप्रष्टव्यः सदैव हि
saptame mārutaskaṃdhe va sa nityaṃ priyātmaja | kāryeṣvahaṃ tvayā putra saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ sadaiva hi
ಸಪ್ತಮ ವಿಭಾಗವಾದ ಮಾರುತ-ಸ್ಕಂಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಉಪದೇಶವು ನಿತ್ಯವೂ ಬೋಧಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವುದು, ಪ್ರಿಯ ಪುತ್ರನೇ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ಮಗನೇ, ನೀನು ಸದಾ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ವಿಚಾರಿಸಬೇಕು.
Hara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Māruta-skandha (as a named sacred division/peak)
Type: peak
Listener: Skanda/Guha (beloved son)
Scene: Śiva addresses his beloved son (Skanda/Guha) with intimate, authoritative counsel, indicating a ‘seventh division’ and the Māruta-skandha as a perpetual seat of instruction; the setting suggests a divine assembly with calm, luminous austerity.
FAQs
Even divine power is guided by divine counsel: Skanda is instructed to act in alignment with Śiva through continual consultation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a doctrinal and textual-direction statement within the chapter.
None; it emphasizes disciplined guidance and consultation rather than a ritual act.