Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
त्वमावयोः पिता देव तवाप्यावां सुते उभे । रक्षावां पतिदानेन तस्मात्त्वं त्रिपुरांतक
tvamāvayoḥ pitā deva tavāpyāvāṃ sute ubhe | rakṣāvāṃ patidānena tasmāttvaṃ tripurāṃtaka
त्वमेव नौ पिता देव, वयमपि तव द्वे सुते उभे। अतः त्रिपुरान्तक, पतिदानेन नौ रक्ष।
Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī
Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two divine feminine figures—Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī—stand with folded hands before Tripurāntaka Śiva, addressing him as father and pleading for the return of their husband; the sea-breeze of Setu and a sanctified shoreline frame the supplication.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview links devotion with cosmic kinship—seeing the Lord as father—and frames protection as restoration of rightful order.
Setu’s Mahātmya context continues; the sacred locale is presented as a place where divine protection is tangibly experienced.
None; the request centers on patidāna—returning the husband (Brahmā) to life and function.
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