Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
अस्यास्तस्य च भोः शैल न जानासि च किंचन । महिमानं परं चैव तस्मादेनां प्रयच्छ वै
asyāstasya ca bhoḥ śaila na jānāsi ca kiṃcana | mahimānaṃ paraṃ caiva tasmādenāṃ prayaccha vai
โอ้ภูผาเอ๋ย ท่านยังมิได้รู้ความยิ่งใหญ่สูงสุดของนางโดยแท้ เพราะฉะนั้นจงมอบนางแด่พระศิวะเถิด
The Maharṣis addressing Himālaya (śaila), within Sūta’s narration (deduced from context)
Tirtha: Kedāra region (Himālaya as sacred frame)
Type: peak
Listener: (contextual) audience/interlocutor
Scene: Sages admonish the personified Mountain (Himālaya): he does not fully know her greatness; they urge him to offer Girijā to Śiva; a council-like scene in a Himalayan grove.
FAQs
Human assessment is limited; dharmic action follows when sages reveal the deeper divine greatness at work.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa backdrop supports Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity, though the verse itself focuses on counsel in the Śiva-Girijā narrative.
A directive of “pradāna/prayaccha” (to give/offer) is given—here in the marriage-offering sense to Śiva.