Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्मिन्नियोजयामास गात्रे लेपसमुद्भवे । महद्धीदं शिरो भावि पुत्र कस्मात्त्वयाऽहृतम्
tasminniyojayāmāsa gātre lepasamudbhave | mahaddhīdaṃ śiro bhāvi putra kasmāttvayā'hṛtam
பின்னர் லேபத்திலிருந்து தோன்றிய அந்த உடலில் அந்தத் தலையைப் பொருத்தினாள். “மகனே, இது மிகப் பெரிய தலை; நீ ஏன் இதைக் கொண்டு வந்தாய்?” என்றாள்.
Narrator with embedded direct speech of Pārvatī
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Pārvatī fits the elephant head onto the unguent-born body; she remarks with maternal surprise that the head is very large and questions why such a head was brought.
FAQs
Creation is both wondrous and deliberate; even apparent imperfections are integrated into divine design.
No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse; it continues the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; it describes the act of joining head and body.