Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
दानव उवाच । स्थीयतां देवदेवेश यावज्ज्ञास्यामि ते वरम् । युष्मन्मूर्ध्नि न्यसे पाणिं प्रत्ययो मे भवेद्यथा
dānava uvāca | sthīyatāṃ devadeveśa yāvajjñāsyāmi te varam | yuṣmanmūrdhni nyase pāṇiṃ pratyayo me bhavedyathā
دانَو نے کہا: اے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا! ٹھہریے، جب تک میں آپ کے اس ور کی حقیقت جان نہ لوں۔ مجھے اجازت دیجیے کہ میں آپ کے سر پر ہاتھ رکھوں تاکہ مجھے یقین ہو جائے۔
Dānava (Daitya)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu
Type: river
Listener: null
Scene: The demon halts Śiva, insisting on immediate verification: he wants to place his hand on Śiva’s head to confirm the boon—an audacious, dangerous gesture.
FAQs
Distrust and arrogance turn devotion into offense; testing the divine for ‘proof’ becomes a mark of spiritual immaturity.
No; the verse is narrative dialogue within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
None; it describes an attempted act (touching the head) to verify a boon.