Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
भ्रममाणावने तस्मिन्ददर्श महतीं नदीम् । तस्यास्तीरे समासीनं स्वपतिं प्रेक्ष्य हर्षिता
bhramamāṇāvane tasmindadarśa mahatīṃ nadīm | tasyāstīre samāsīnaṃ svapatiṃ prekṣya harṣitā
เมื่อเธอพเนจรอยู่ในป่านั้น ก็ได้เห็นแม่น้ำใหญ่สายหนึ่ง ครั้นเห็นสามีของตนนั่งอยู่ริมฝั่ง ก็ปลาบปลื้มยินดีเต็มหัวใจ
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Type: ghat
Scene: A woman in travel-worn garments emerges from a dense Himalayan forest and beholds a broad, shining river; on the bank her husband sits calmly, and her face brightens with sudden joy.
FAQs
In a sacred landscape, reunion and relief are portrayed as fruits of perseverance and dharmic intent.
Kedāra-kṣetra’s riverine setting (a great nadī within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative geography).
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the river setting foreshadows purification acts such as snāna that appear in the following verses.