Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
न तत्पश्यामि यत्तुभ्यं दद्म्याशीः का तवोचिता । इत्युक्ते मातृवात्सल्याच्छैलेन्द्र महिषी तदा
na tatpaśyāmi yattubhyaṃ dadmyāśīḥ kā tavocitā | ityukte mātṛvātsalyācchailendra mahiṣī tadā
'مجھے سمجھ نہیں آ رہا کہ میں تمہیں کیا دعا دوں جو واقعی تمہارے شایان شان ہو۔' یہ سن کر پہاڑوں کے بادشاہ کی ملکہ نے ممتا کے پیار سے متاثر ہو کر جواب دیا۔
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, in Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Himālaya (as sacred mountain archetype)
Type: peak
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī implied)
Scene: The narrator confesses inability to give a fitting blessing; the Mountain-Lord’s queen (Pārvatī) responds, moved by maternal tenderness—eyes softened, posture protective and affectionate.
FAQs
Even blessings must be appropriate (ucita) to one’s destiny; affection alone does not override dharmic fitness.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is narrative dialogue within the Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse focuses on speech about blessings and maternal affection.