Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
भ्रममाणावने तस्मिन्ददर्श महतीं नदीम् । तस्यास्तीरे समासीनं स्वपतिं प्रेक्ष्य हर्षिता
bhramamāṇāvane tasmindadarśa mahatīṃ nadīm | tasyāstīre samāsīnaṃ svapatiṃ prekṣya harṣitā
ആ വനത്തിൽ അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുമ്പോൾ അവൾ ഒരു മഹാനദിയെ കണ്ടു. അതിന്റെ തീരത്ത് ഇരുന്നിരുന്ന സ്വന്തം ഭർത്താവിനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അവൾ ആനന്ദത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞു.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Type: ghat
Scene: A woman in travel-worn garments emerges from a dense Himalayan forest and beholds a broad, shining river; on the bank her husband sits calmly, and her face brightens with sudden joy.
FAQs
In a sacred landscape, reunion and relief are portrayed as fruits of perseverance and dharmic intent.
Kedāra-kṣetra’s riverine setting (a great nadī within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative geography).
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the river setting foreshadows purification acts such as snāna that appear in the following verses.