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
“ਤੂੰ ਫਿਰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਆ ਗਈ? ਅੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੂੰ ਰਾਖ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਬਣ ਗਈ? ਅਤੇ ਘਰ ਸੜ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ, ਤਾਂ ਇਹ ਮੁੜ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਖੜਾ ਹੈ?”
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.