Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
सा चास्यै सर्वमाचख्यौ शंकरात्कोपकारणम् । पुनश्चोवाच गिरिजा देवतां मातृसंमताम्
sā cāsyai sarvamācakhyau śaṃkarātkopakāraṇam | punaścovāca girijā devatāṃ mātṛsaṃmatām
اس نے اسے سب کچھ بتا دیا—شنکر کی طرف سے اٹھنے والے غضب کا سبب؛ پھر گِرجا نے اُس دیوی سے دوبارہ کلام کیا جو ماں کی منظور و معتبر تھی۔
Nārada (narration of events)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame) / internal audience within the story
Scene: Girijā privately recounts to a trusted maternal-approved goddess the precise cause of her anger toward Śaṅkara; a quiet interior of the divine mountain-palace, attendants withdrawn, the mood restrained and heavy.
FAQs
Dharma is often clarified through trusted counsel; even divine emotions are guided toward right action through wise intermediaries.
Not explicit; the mountain’s presiding deity functions as the sacred setting’s spiritual authority.
None.