Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
कालेन महता गौरी सर्वांगेणाथ साऽभवत् । ततो विहस्य भगवानुवाच शशिशेखरः
kālena mahatā gaurī sarvāṃgeṇātha sā'bhavat | tato vihasya bhagavānuvāca śaśiśekharaḥ
ദീർഘകാലത്തിനു ശേഷം അവൾ സർവ്വാംഗത്തിലും ഗൗരിയായി. തുടർന്ന് ശശിശേഖരനായ ഭഗവാൻ പുഞ്ചിരിച്ച് പറഞ്ഞു।
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Gaurīśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣi/audience
Scene: Satī now fully Gaurī—radiant in every limb—stands near the liṅga; Śiva as Śaśiśekhara appears or is sensed, smiling gently; the atmosphere shifts from austerity to tender divine acknowledgment, as if the shrine itself brightens.
FAQs
When tapas matures, divine response follows; transformation culminates in direct divine acknowledgment and blessing.
Prabhāsakṣetra remains the implied sanctified setting where Devī’s tapas reaches fulfillment.
None; it narrates the completion of tapas and Śiva’s gracious response.