Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
ततस्तस्य पिता पार्थ कांदिशीको महेश्वरम् । जगाम शरणं देवं त्राहित्राहि महेश्वर
tatastasya pitā pārtha kāṃdiśīko maheśvaram | jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ trāhitrāhi maheśvara
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ പാർഥ, അവന്റെ പിതാവായ കാന്തിശീകൻ ദേവനായ മഹേശ്വരന്റെ ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ചു—“ത്രാഹി ത്രാഹി, മഹേശ്വരാ!” എന്നു കരഞ്ഞു വിളിച്ചു।
Unspecified narrator (addressing ‘Pārtha’ within the story-frame)
Tirtha: Maheśvara-sannidhi (unnamed Śiva shrine in narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A Pāṇḍava-line listener (likely Yudhiṣṭhira in many Purāṇic frames)
Scene: A father, identified as Kāṃdiśīka, rushes to a Śiva shrine, tears in eyes, arms raised in supplication before a liṅga or anthropomorphic Maheśvara; attendants and forest/temple steps frame the urgency.
FAQs
In fear and संकट, taking refuge in Śiva (Maheśvara) is presented as the highest recourse.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it centers on devotion to Maheśvara.
A direct devotional act is shown: śaraṇāgati and prayer (‘trāhi trāhi’) to Śiva.