Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
प्रोवाच च प्रहृष्टात्मा कस्मात्त्वमिह चागता । मां मुक्त्वा दोषनिर्मुक्तं मुखप्रेक्षं सदा रतम्
provāca ca prahṛṣṭātmā kasmāttvamiha cāgatā | māṃ muktvā doṣanirmuktaṃ mukhaprekṣaṃ sadā ratam
ആനന്ദഭരിതഹൃദയത്തോടെ അവൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “നീ ഇവിടെ എന്തിന് വന്നു? ദോഷരഹിതനായ എന്നെ വിട്ട്, നിത്യം നിന്റെ മുഖദർശനത്തിൽ രമിക്കുന്ന എന്നെ.”
Śiva (Bhava)
Scene: Śiva, radiant and pleased, addresses Devī with affectionate reproach, emphasizing his constant delight in beholding her face; the setting hints at a sacred landscape with ascetic grandeur.
FAQs
The verse frames divine relationship as intimate devotion, where presence and remembrance (darśana) are central to sacred life.
This dialogue occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the site is not explicitly named in this line.
None directly; it is narrative dialogue setting up a dharmic/ritual resolution in subsequent verses.