Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अथ तं संनिधौ दृष्ट्वा गौरी पप्रच्छ सादरम् । कोऽयं देव समायातः सुकृती तव मन्दिरे । अनेन किं कृतं कर्म यत्प्राप्तोऽत्र विभूतिधृक्
atha taṃ saṃnidhau dṛṣṭvā gaurī papraccha sādaram | ko'yaṃ deva samāyātaḥ sukṛtī tava mandire | anena kiṃ kṛtaṃ karma yatprāpto'tra vibhūtidhṛk
تب گوری نے اسے قریب حاضر دیکھ کر ادب سے پوچھا: “اے دیو! یہ کون سا پُنیہوان ہے جو آپ کے مندر میں آیا ہے؟ اس نے کون سا کرم کیا کہ یہاں دیویہ جلال وِبھوتی دھار کر اس مقام کو پا گیا؟”
Gaurī (Pārvatī)
Listener: Audience of the Purāṇic discourse; immediate interlocutors are Gaurī and Śiva
Scene: Gaurī, adorned yet modest, turns toward Śiva with folded hands, gesturing toward the radiant newcomer; Śiva listens calmly in a luminous court setting.
FAQs
Merit can arise in unexpected lives; the divine asks for the story so the tīrtha’s greatness and Śiva’s grace may be revealed.
Śiva’s abode/temple contextually tied to the Suparṇākhyā kṣetra in this Adhyāya.
None stated; the verse introduces inquiry into the karmic cause behind attaining divine splendor.