Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
उपवासो बलाज्जातो ह्यन्नाभावाद्वयोरपि । पद्मैरेभिर्हरः पूज्यो द्वाभ्यामेवाद्य निश्चयम्
upavāso balājjāto hyannābhāvādvayorapi | padmairebhirharaḥ pūjyo dvābhyāmevādya niścayam
ഞങ്ങൾ ഇരുവർക്കും അന്നമില്ലായ്മ മൂലം നിർബന്ധിതമായി ഈ ഉപവാസം സംഭവിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ ഇന്ന് തീർച്ചയായും ഈ പദ്മങ്ങളാൽ തന്നെ ഞങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും ഹരനെ (ശിവനെ) പൂജിക്കാം।
Deductive (wife’s dharmic resolve within the narrative)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poor couple, hungry yet resolute, offers gathered lotuses together to Hara, turning their lack of food into a shared act of worship.
FAQs
Even hardship can be transformed into vrata when directed toward devotion; sincerity matters more than abundance.
The Arbuda sacred region where Śiva’s worship is narrated as especially meritorious.
Upavāsa (fasting) and worship of Hara with lotus flowers by the couple together.