Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
पार्वतीसहितः शंभुः शंभुना सह पार्वती । पुष्पगन्धौ यथा स्यातां वागर्थाविव तत्त्वतः
pārvatīsahitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ śaṃbhunā saha pārvatī | puṣpagandhau yathā syātāṃ vāgarthāviva tattvataḥ
พระศัมภูอยู่พร้อมพระปารวตี และพระปารวตีก็อยู่พร้อมพระศัมภู—โดยสัจจะแล้วมิอาจแยกจากกัน ดุจดอกไม้กับกลิ่นหอม ดุจวาจากับความหมาย
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī seated or standing together, perfectly mirrored closeness; visual metaphors: a flower with its fragrance suggested by drifting aura; speech and meaning suggested by a sage reciting while the sense radiates as light.
FAQs
Śiva and Śakti are essentially inseparable; devotion matures into understanding their unity as reality itself.
Kedāra-kṣetra’s Mahātmya context, where Śiva-Śakti presence is celebrated through sacred narrative.
None; the verse provides a theological vision (tattva) of divine unity.