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
ഹേ അനിന്ദിതേ, നീ നിത്യവും ശൈലാധിരാജന്റെ അധിഷ്ഠാത്രീ ദേവതയാണ്; നീ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി അവന്റെ സന്നിധാനത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു, എനിക്കു മേൽ അത്യന്തം വാത്സല്യവതിയുമാണ്।
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.