Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
पुराऽहं तव कांतेन निपतन्ती नभस्तलात् । धृता देवि तवा प्येतद्विदितं नृपतेः कृते
purā'haṃ tava kāṃtena nipatantī nabhastalāt | dhṛtā devi tavā pyetadviditaṃ nṛpateḥ kṛte
“Dahulu, ketika aku jatuh dari langit, kekasihmu telah menahan dan menyelamatkanku. Wahai Devī, hal ini pun engkau ketahui—agar raja memahaminya.”
Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī), addressing the Devī (Pārvatī)
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’) and indirectly the king (nṛpati)
Scene: A celestial woman (or divine figure) slips from the sky; a radiant male deity/consort catches and steadies her mid-fall, while a Devī is addressed with respectful urgency; the scene is framed as a remembered miracle told for a king’s instruction.
FAQs
Divine grace supports what would otherwise be unbearable—Śiva’s bearing of Gaṅgā symbolizes compassion stabilizing cosmic power.
The verse alludes to the heavenly descent of Gaṅgā, a pan-Indian tīrtha theme; the immediate narrative remains within Arbuda-khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the verse recalls a mythic event that underlies the sanctity of Gaṅgā-snānā across tīrthas.