Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
रुदंस्तस्याः समीपे चाप्यागतः प्रेतसद्मनि । रुदंतं च ततो बालं कृत्वोत्संगे कृपान्विता
rudaṃstasyāḥ samīpe cāpyāgataḥ pretasadmani | rudaṃtaṃ ca tato bālaṃ kṛtvotsaṃge kṛpānvitā
Habang umiiyak, lumapit siya sa kanya, maging sa tahanan ng mga preta. Nang makita niyang umiiyak ang bata, siya’y napuspos ng habag at kinuha ito, inilagay sa kanyang kandungan.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Preta-sadman / Śmaśāna-sthāna (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rudra in child-form, crying, approaches Kālikā even in the spirit-haunted place. Seeing the weeping child, Kālikā’s compassion awakens; she lifts him onto her lap—fierce-to-maternal transformation in a cremation-ground setting.
FAQs
Compassion (kṛpā) transforms fearsome spaces and reveals divinity even in the vulnerable form of a child.
No named tīrtha appears; the verse uses cremation-ground/spirit-abode imagery as part of the Śaiva narrative.
None; the verse narrates an act of compassionate care.