Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
अथोक्ता शंभुना देवी मृडान्युत्तिष्ठ भामिनि । किमपूर्णं तवास्त्यत्र वदसौ भाग्यसुंदरि
athoktā śaṃbhunā devī mṛḍānyuttiṣṭha bhāmini | kimapūrṇaṃ tavāstyatra vadasau bhāgyasuṃdari
അപ്പോൾ ശംഭു ദേവിയോട് പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ മൃദാനീ, ഹേ സുന്ദരീ, എഴുന്നേൽക്കുക. ഇവിടെ നിനക്കു എന്താണ് അപൂർണ്ണമായിരിക്കുന്നത്? ഹേ സൗഭാഗ്യസുന്ദരീ, പറയുക॥
Śiva (Śambhu)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame); in-scene listener is Devī
Scene: Śiva speaks gently: 'Rise, Mṛḍānī… what is unfulfilled here?' Devī is being lifted from prostration into dialogue; the mood is calm, affectionate, and instructive.
FAQs
The Lord is compassionate and attentive; He asks the devotee directly what is lacking and offers fulfillment.
Kāśī is the devotional backdrop in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, portraying it as a realm of intimate Śiva–Śakti discourse.
None explicitly; the focus is on assurance (anugraha) and divine responsiveness.