Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24
इति गणेशोत्पत्तिः । ततः कदाचिद्भगवानुमया सह मंदरे । मंदिरे हर्षजनने कलधौतमये शुभे
iti gaṇeśotpattiḥ | tataḥ kadācidbhagavānumayā saha maṃdare | maṃdire harṣajanane kaladhautamaye śubhe
Demikianlah berakhir kisah penampakan Gaṇeśa. Kemudian, pada suatu ketika, Tuhan Yang Terberkati—bersama Umā—berada di Mandara, dalam sebuah istana yang membangkitkan sukacita, bertuah, dan diperbuat daripada emas halus yang murni.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Mandara
Type: peak
Listener: Frame-audience (sages)
Scene: Śiva and Umā seated together in an auspicious, joy-giving mansion on Mandara; the palace gleams like refined gold, with serene intimacy and cosmic grandeur.
FAQs
It marks a narrative transition: from doctrine and merit to a divine setting where further events unfold around Śiva and Umā.
Mount Mandara is mentioned as the divine locale (a sacred mountain setting in purāṇic geography).
None in this verse; it is a colophon-like transition and scene-setting.