Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
ततस्तस्य पिता पार्थ कांदिशीको महेश्वरम् । जगाम शरणं देवं त्राहित्राहि महेश्वर
tatastasya pitā pārtha kāṃdiśīko maheśvaram | jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ trāhitrāhi maheśvara
அப்போது, ஓ பார்த்தா, அவனுடைய தந்தை காந்திசீகன் தேவனாகிய மகேஸ்வரனிடம் சரணடைந்து, “காப்பாற்று காப்பாற்று, மகேஸ்வரா!” என்று கதறினான்।
Unspecified narrator (addressing ‘Pārtha’ within the story-frame)
Tirtha: Maheśvara-sannidhi (unnamed Śiva shrine in narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A Pāṇḍava-line listener (likely Yudhiṣṭhira in many Purāṇic frames)
Scene: A father, identified as Kāṃdiśīka, rushes to a Śiva shrine, tears in eyes, arms raised in supplication before a liṅga or anthropomorphic Maheśvara; attendants and forest/temple steps frame the urgency.
FAQs
In fear and संकट, taking refuge in Śiva (Maheśvara) is presented as the highest recourse.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it centers on devotion to Maheśvara.
A direct devotional act is shown: śaraṇāgati and prayer (‘trāhi trāhi’) to Śiva.