Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
स्तुत्वाऽथ तं महादेवं विष्णुर्देहे लयं ययौ । अथोवाच महेशानः पार्वतीं परमेश्वरः
stutvā'tha taṃ mahādevaṃ viṣṇurdehe layaṃ yayau | athovāca maheśānaḥ pārvatīṃ parameśvaraḥ
Setelah memuji Mahādeva itu, Viṣṇu pun melebur kembali ke dalam tubuhnya sendiri. Lalu Maheśāna, Sang Parameśvara, bersabda kepada Pārvatī.
Sūta (narrative voice), with Śiva beginning to speak to Pārvatī at the end of the verse
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu completes a hymn to Mahādeva and dissolves back into his own form; Maheśāna turns to speak to Pārvatī, initiating a confidential teaching.
FAQs
Devotional praise culminates in inner absorption; the verse also highlights harmony between Viṣṇu and Śiva within Purāṇic dharma.
The verse sets the narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is developed in the following verses of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 261).
None explicitly in this verse; it functions as narrative transition into the tīrtha description.