Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्मिन्नियोजयामास गात्रे लेपसमुद्भवे । महद्धीदं शिरो भावि पुत्र कस्मात्त्वयाऽहृतम्
tasminniyojayāmāsa gātre lepasamudbhave | mahaddhīdaṃ śiro bhāvi putra kasmāttvayā'hṛtam
แล้วนางก็นำเศียรนั้นประกอบเข้ากับกายซึ่งบังเกิดจากเครื่องชโลม “ลูกเอ๋ย เศียรนี้ใหญ่ยิ่งนัก เหตุใดเจ้าจึงนำมาเช่นนี้?”
Narrator with embedded direct speech of Pārvatī
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: Pārvatī fits the elephant head onto the unguent-born body; she remarks with maternal surprise that the head is very large and questions why such a head was brought.
FAQs
Creation is both wondrous and deliberate; even apparent imperfections are integrated into divine design.
No tīrtha is directly glorified in this verse; it continues the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; it describes the act of joining head and body.