Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
कल्पांतमिव संजातं तदा तस्मिंश्च कीलिते । पार्वत्या सहसा तस्य कृत कीलनकं तदा
kalpāṃtamiva saṃjātaṃ tadā tasmiṃśca kīlite | pārvatyā sahasā tasya kṛta kīlanakaṃ tadā
அவன் இவ்வாறு ‘கீலித’ நிலையில் அசையாது நின்றபோது, அப்போது யுகாந்தம் வந்ததுபோல் தோன்றியது. அந்நேரம் பார்வதி திடீரென அவன்மேல் அந்த ‘கீலன’ செயலைச் செய்தாள்.
Vyāsa (narration)
Tirtha: Unnamed Śiva-tīrtha (kalpānta-like ‘kīlana’ locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: O great one (addressed interlocutor not specified in verse)
Scene: A sudden cosmic tremor: skies darken as if at pralaya, winds swirl; Pārvatī performs the ‘kīlana’ act upon Śiva; the ground glows, marking the birth of a powerful tīrtha.
FAQs
The text magnifies the event’s cosmic significance, implying that tīrtha origins are rooted in world-shaping divine acts.
The Śiva-tīrtha associated with Dharmāraṇya, whose greatness is being unfolded through this episode.
None; this is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.