Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
सप्तमे मारुतस्कंधे व स नित्यं प्रियात्मज । कार्येष्वहं त्वया पुत्र संप्रष्टव्यः सदैव हि
saptame mārutaskaṃdhe va sa nityaṃ priyātmaja | kāryeṣvahaṃ tvayā putra saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ sadaiva hi
ساتویں حصے، یعنی ماروت اسکندھ میں، اے محبوب فرزند، یہ بات ہمیشہ سکھائی جائے گی۔ ہر کام میں، اے بچے، تمہیں ہمیشہ مجھ سے مشورہ کرنا چاہیے۔
Hara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Māruta-skandha (as a named sacred division/peak)
Type: peak
Listener: Skanda/Guha (beloved son)
Scene: Śiva addresses his beloved son (Skanda/Guha) with intimate, authoritative counsel, indicating a ‘seventh division’ and the Māruta-skandha as a perpetual seat of instruction; the setting suggests a divine assembly with calm, luminous austerity.
FAQs
Even divine power is guided by divine counsel: Skanda is instructed to act in alignment with Śiva through continual consultation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a doctrinal and textual-direction statement within the chapter.
None; it emphasizes disciplined guidance and consultation rather than a ritual act.