Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
गतायामथ गंगायामधोवक्त्रं सुलज्जितम् । पाणौ गृह्य ययौ रुद्रं भ्रममाणा गृहं प्रति
gatāyāmatha gaṃgāyāmadhovaktraṃ sulajjitam | pāṇau gṛhya yayau rudraṃ bhramamāṇā gṛhaṃ prati
गतायां तु गङ्गायां लज्जया नमितानना देवी रुद्रं पाणिना गृहीत्वा भ्रममाणा गृहं प्रति ययौ।
Pulastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: (Unnamed) Śiva-Gaṅgā Kuṇḍa in Arbuda context
Type: kund
Listener: Narādhipa (king; contextually Yayāti)
Scene: Gaṅgā, eyes lowered in modesty, gently holds Rudra’s hand; both turn back from the water’s edge toward a celestial abode; the pond and its banks glow with tīrtha radiance.
FAQs
Purāṇas portray divine life with human-like modesty to teach restraint and reverence within dharma.
The ongoing episode belongs to the Śivagaṅgā-kuṇḍa māhātmya.
None in this verse.