Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
पार्वत्याभिहितं प्राह कस्मिन्कार्यांतरे सति । मया नियुक्तेऽभिनये यत्र साहाय्यकारिणः
pārvatyābhihitaṃ prāha kasminkāryāṃtare sati | mayā niyukte'bhinaye yatra sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ
അവൻ പാർവതി പറഞ്ഞ വാക്ക് ഉച്ചരിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു— “മറ്റെന്ത് കാര്യത്തിനാണ് നിങ്ങൾ വന്നത്? ഞാൻ നിയോഗിച്ച ഈ ലീലാഭിനയത്തിൽ നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ സഹായികളാകേണ്ടതല്ലേ?”
Hara/Śiva (reported by narrator Gālava)
Tirtha: Mandara-parvata (contextual)
Type: peak
Scene: Śiva, recalling Pārvatī’s message, addresses the assembled devas and attendants, asking why they have come except to aid in the divinely appointed performance.
FAQs
Divine work unfolds through coordinated roles—grace operates via appointed duties, even among gods, under the Lord’s direction.
No new tīrtha is mentioned; the scene remains within the Mandarācala setting introduced earlier.
None; the verse concerns purpose and participation in a divinely appointed undertaking (abhinaya).