Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
सूत उवाच । इत्येष शिवभक्तायाः सीमंतिन्या नृपस्त्रियाः । प्रभावः कथितः शंभोर्माहात्म्यमपि वर्णितम्
sūta uvāca | ityeṣa śivabhaktāyāḥ sīmaṃtinyā nṛpastriyāḥ | prabhāvaḥ kathitaḥ śaṃbhormāhātmyamapi varṇitam
सूत म्हणाले—अशा रीतीने शिवभक्त राणी सीमंतिनीचा अद्भुत प्रभाव सांगितला; आणि त्याच्यामुळे शंभूचे माहात्म्यही वर्णिले गेले।
Sūta
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and assembled sages
Scene: Sūta seated in a forest hermitage, addressing sages; the narrative spotlight on Queen Sīmaṃtinī as a Śiva-bhaktā; Śiva’s presence suggested (liṅga/halo) as her devotion is praised.
FAQs
The purāṇa frames the devotee’s glory as inseparable from the deity’s greatness—Śiva’s māhātmya is revealed through the fruits of bhakti.
No particular tīrtha is named in this closing summary verse.
None; it is a narrative conclusion highlighting bhakti and māhātmya.