Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
द्यूतक्रीडा महादेव दृश्यते विविधात्र च । भवेद्द्वाभ्यां च द्यूते हि रमणाच् महत्सुखम्
dyūtakrīḍā mahādeva dṛśyate vividhātra ca | bhaveddvābhyāṃ ca dyūte hi ramaṇāc mahatsukham
اے مہادیو، یہاں پاسوں کا کھیل طرح طرح کی دلکش صورتوں میں دیکھا جاتا ہے؛ اور دو آدمیوں کے کھیل میں باہمی تفریح سے بڑا سکھ پیدا ہوتا ہے۔
Pārvatī (Gिरिजा/सती), addressing Śiva
Listener: Mahādeva (Śiva)
Scene: A stylized dice-play motif appears as a conversational image rather than a full gambling scene: two players, a board/cloth, dice in mid-air, while the divine couple observes—hinting at impending moral tension.
FAQs
Even ordinary human activities are re-framed as divine līlā when centered on Śiva—joy becomes a sacred, dharmic expression rather than mere indulgence.
The episode belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa and functions as narrative texture within Kedāra’s sacred setting, though this verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.
No direct vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.
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