Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
गौतम उवाच । आनीतासि मया देवि तपसाऽराध्य शंकरम् । वदिष्यति स चोपायमित्युक्त्वाऽचिन्तयत्तदा
gautama uvāca | ānītāsi mayā devi tapasā'rādhya śaṃkaram | vadiṣyati sa copāyamityuktvā'cintayattadā
گوتَم نے کہا: اے دیوی! میں نے تپسیا کے ذریعے شنکر کی آرادھنا کر کے تمہیں یہاں لایا ہوں۔ یہ کہہ کر کہ ‘وہی تدبیر بتائے گا’ وہ اسی وقت گہری فکر میں ڈوب گیا۔
Gautama
Listener: sages/audience
Scene: Gautama speaks to the Goddess: a hermitage scene with sacred fire, matted-hair sage, and an invoked divine feminine presence; in the background, a subtle icon of Śaṅkara with Gaṅgā in his hair, indicating the source of the promised remedy.
FAQs
Tapas and devotion to Śiva are portrayed as a doorway to clarity and divine instruction when worldly solutions are absent.
Dvārakā is the surrounding māhātmya setting; the verse emphasizes Śaṅkara’s grace that supports the revelation of sacred places.
Austerity (tapas) and worship/propitiation (ārādhana) of Śaṅkara are indicated as the spiritual method.