Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा । क्वपुनर्गच्छसीत्युच्चैरालिंग्योवाच देवता
sāpi dṛṣṭvā girisutāṃ snehaviklavamānasā | kvapunargacchasītyuccairāliṃgyovāca devatā
جب اس دیوی نے دخترِ کوہسار کو دیکھا تو محبت سے اس کا دل بے قرار ہو گیا۔ اس نے اسے گلے لگا کر بلند آواز سے کہا، “تم پھر کہاں جا رہی ہو؟”
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing the scene
Tirtha: Himādri (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kusumāmodinī, overwhelmed with affection, embraces Girisuta (Pārvatī) and urgently asks where she is going again.
FAQs
True dharmic resolve often arises alongside deep affection; love does not negate renunciation, but tests it.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the narrative context for Pārvatī’s ascetic movement.
None directly; the verse introduces the emotional and narrative impetus leading into tapas.