Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
ईश्वर उवाच । प्रकृतित्वान्न पश्यंति सिद्धा ह्येते महातपाः । एवमुक्ता तु गिरिजा देवेदेवेन शूलिना
īśvara uvāca | prakṛtitvānna paśyaṃti siddhā hyete mahātapāḥ | evamuktā tu girijā devedevena śūlinā
اِیشور نے فرمایا: “تم اپنے فطری (ظاہر) روپ میں ہو، اسی لیے یہ مہاتپسی سِدّھ تمہیں نہیں دیکھتے۔” یوں کہہ کر دیووں کے دیو، ترشول دھاری شُولی نے گِرجا سے خطاب کیا۔
Śiva (Īśvara, Śūlin)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Girijā (Pārvatī/Gaurī)
Scene: Śiva (Śūlin) calmly explains to Girijā that the great siddha-ascetics do not ‘see’ her because she stands in a natural, unassuming form; the setting suggests a sacred grove or tīrtha precinct in Prabhāsa.
FAQs
The divine can be concealed or revealed depending on form and the perceiver’s state; siddhas perceive differently than ordinary beings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where siddhas are portrayed as present and spiritually potent.
None directly; it provides a theological explanation about perception and form.