Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
सुकुमारी सती बाले स्वयमेव कथं शुभे । संमार्जनं च कुरुषे कन्यके त्वं शुचिस्मिते
sukumārī satī bāle svayameva kathaṃ śubhe | saṃmārjanaṃ ca kuruṣe kanyake tvaṃ śucismite
“โอ้กุมารีผู้บอบบาง ผู้เป็นสตี โอ้ผู้เป็นมงคล ไฉนเจ้าจึงกวาดเองเล่า โอ้ธิดาผู้แย้มยิ้มบริสุทธิ์?”
Ṛṣi Uddālaka
Tirtha: Śiva-dvāra (temple threshold)
Type: ghat
Listener: Internal audience (unspecified)
Scene: Close conversational moment: Uddālaka addressing Sundarī with gentle astonishment; Sundarī pauses mid-sweep, smiling modestly, eyes lowered in humility; the Śiva doorway behind them glows with lamp-light.
FAQs
Devotional service transcends social rank; sincerity is measured by willingness to serve personally.
Kedāra’s Śiva sacred setting, where the temple itself becomes the focus of daily devotion.
Saṃmārjana—hands-on cleaning as a valued component of Śiva temple worship.