Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय गत्वा तस्य समीपतः । द्विजरूपं समास्थाय तमृषिं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sa tatheti pratijñāya gatvā tasya samīpataḥ | dvijarūpaṃ samāsthāya tamṛṣiṃ vākyamabravīt
اس نے “تथैति” کہہ کر عہد کیا اور اس رشی کے قریب گیا۔ برہمن کا روپ دھار کر اس نے اس ऋषि سے کلام کیا۔
Śiva (narrator); action performed by Śiva (as dvija-rūpa) per devas’ request
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (implied by vocative such as bhāmini)
Scene: A divine figure, having pledged, walks toward an austere ṛṣi in the Prabhāsa landscape; the deity assumes a brāhmaṇa form and begins a probing conversation.
FAQs
Divine compassion may act subtly—through instruction and skillful means—to correct imbalance without needless destruction.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for a Śiva-centered corrective episode within its māhātmya.
None explicitly; the verse highlights dharmic correction through counsel rather than prescribing a vow or offering.