Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
इति प्रपन्नां शरणं द्विजांगनामाश्वास्य वाक्यैरमृतोपमानैः । उपादिदेशाथ तयोः कुमारयोर्मुनिः शिवाराधनमंत्र विद्याम्
iti prapannāṃ śaraṇaṃ dvijāṃganāmāśvāsya vākyairamṛtopamānaiḥ | upādideśātha tayoḥ kumārayormuniḥ śivārādhanamaṃtra vidyām
ഇങ്ങനെ ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ച ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്ത്രീയെ അമൃതസമാനമായ വചനങ്ങളാൽ ആശ്വസിപ്പിച്ച്, മുനി ആ രണ്ടു കുമാരന്മാർക്ക് ശിവാരാധനയുടെ മന്ത്രവിദ്യ ഉപദേശിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Listener: Audience/ṛṣi (implied)
Scene: The sage consoles the mother with nectar-like speech, then turns to the two boys and imparts Śiva-ārādhanā mantra-vidyā; a subtle aura suggests initiation.
FAQs
When refuge is taken with sincerity, the guru responds with compassion and gives a practical path—Śiva-upāsanā grounded in mantra.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies Śiva worship as a universally accessible dharmic remedy.
Instruction in śivārādhana-mantra-vidyā—formal guidance for worship of Śiva through mantra practice.