Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75
न मृषा हि वचो ब्रूते कामाख्या या पुराऽब्रवीत् । भीमसेनसुतः पाणिं तव भद्रे ग्रहीष्यति
na mṛṣā hi vaco brūte kāmākhyā yā purā'bravīt | bhīmasenasutaḥ pāṇiṃ tava bhadre grahīṣyati
కామాఖ్యా దేవి అసత్యం పలకదు; ఆమె పూర్వమే చెప్పింది—“హే భద్రే, భీమసేనుని కుమారుడు నీ పాణిని వివాహార్థం గ్రహిస్తాడు।”
Arjuna (continuing from the prior verse)
Tirtha: Kāmākhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtly setting where a respected voice cites Kāmākhyā’s earlier prophecy, assuring a noble woman that Bhīma’s son will marry her; gestures are calm, affirming, and auspicious.
FAQs
Divine utterance (devī-vāk) is upheld as satya; faith in righteous prophecy steadies dharmic decision-making.
No tīrtha is described; Kāmākhyā is invoked as an authority of truth rather than as a site-mahātmya in this verse.
None; the verse centers on a prior prophecy regarding marriage.