Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
लोकलोके महादेव अशक्यं नास्ति ते प्रभो । क्रियतां मम चैवैकमेतत्कार्यं सुरोत्तम
lokaloke mahādeva aśakyaṃ nāsti te prabho | kriyatāṃ mama caivaikametatkāryaṃ surottama
ഹേ മഹാദേവാ, ഈ ലോകത്തും പരലോകത്തും നിനക്കു അസാധ്യം ഒന്നുമില്ല, പ്രഭോ. ഹേ സുരോത്തമാ, എന്റെ ഈ ഒരേയൊരു കാര്യം നിർവഹിക്കണമേ।
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā, as ‘Devī’)
Scene: Devī addresses Mahādeva with unwavering confidence: ‘nothing is impossible for you’; Śiva radiates still power, the cosmos subtly suggested around them.
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s omnipotence and sets a narrative frame where divine power is invoked to enact a moral demonstration.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the lead-in to the Dāruvana episode.
None; it is a request to perform a particular divine ‘kārya’ (task).