Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
यद्रुद्र प्रियया सार्धं वियोगः कथितस्तया । तस्याः श्रेष्ठ तरा चान्या तव भार्या भविष्यति । गौरीनामेति विख्याता हिमाचलसुता शुभा
yadrudra priyayā sārdhaṃ viyogaḥ kathitastayā | tasyāḥ śreṣṭha tarā cānyā tava bhāryā bhaviṣyati | gaurīnāmeti vikhyātā himācalasutā śubhā
اے رودر! چونکہ اس نے اپنے محبوب سے جدائی کا ذکر کیا ہے، جان لو کہ اس سے بھی افضل ایک اور تمہاری زوجہ ہوگی۔ وہ گوری کے نام سے مشہور ہوگی، ہماچل کی مبارک دختر۔
Unspecified in excerpt (Purāṇic narration addressing Rudra)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra (narrative frame) / Himācala (mythic origin-point)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied sages
Scene: A prophetic reassurance to Rudra: after a spoken separation, a superior spouse will arise—Gaurī, the auspicious daughter of Himācala—hinting at the cosmic marriage to come.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives frame cosmic order: loss and separation lead to a higher, dharmic fulfillment aligned with divine destiny.
The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a narrative statement about Rudra’s future consort, Gaurī.