Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्योचुः सुरास्तदा । जनितव्या त्वया कन्या शिवार्थं कार्यसिद्धये
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasyocuḥ surāstadā | janitavyā tvayā kanyā śivārthaṃ kāryasiddhaye
അവന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ദേവന്മാർ അപ്പോൾ പുഞ്ചിരിച്ച് പറഞ്ഞു—“ശിവാർത്ഥവും കാര്യസിദ്ധിയും നിമിത്തം നിനക്കൊരു കന്യ ജനിക്കണം.”
Devas (speaking to Himālaya), narrated by Sūta
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative setting within Kedārakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience / interlocutors within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame
Scene: A celestial assembly: devas smiling as they address Himālaya, indicating the destined birth of a daughter for Śiva’s work; the mountain-king stands personified, serene and immense.
FAQs
Personal family events in Purāṇic vision can serve loka-kalyāṇa (universal welfare) when aligned with dharma.
Not explicit in this verse; it belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu connected to Kedāra.
None; it is a divine directive about the necessity of a daughter’s birth for a cosmic objective.