Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53
अपि त्वं च कथं प्राप्ता भस्मभूतासि पावके । दग्धं च भवनं भूयः कथं पूर्व वदास्थितम्
api tvaṃ ca kathaṃ prāptā bhasmabhūtāsi pāvake | dagdhaṃ ca bhavanaṃ bhūyaḥ kathaṃ pūrva vadāsthitam
“तू पुन्हा कशी आलीस? अग्नीत तू भस्म कशी झालीस? आणि घर जळून गेले होते—ते पुन्हा पूर्वीसारखे कसे उभे आहे?”
Śabara (implied by direct questioning; speaker not explicitly tagged but context indicates the husband)
Scene: The Śabara points toward the ash and the standing house outline, questioning intensely; his face mixes grief and disbelief. Śabarī remains poised, ready to explain, with a calm gaze.
FAQs
Astonishment can become a doorway to faith: questioning the miracle points toward recognizing a higher divine order.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it centers on a household miracle within the Śiva-centered narrative.
None; it is a narrative interrogation about the event.