Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
एनं विज्ञातुमिच्छामि किंनामासौ गणस्तव । श्रीशंकर उवाच । स एष वीरक देवी सदा मेद्रिसुते प्रियः
enaṃ vijñātumicchāmi kiṃnāmāsau gaṇastava | śrīśaṃkara uvāca | sa eṣa vīraka devī sadā medrisute priyaḥ
“Con muốn biết người ấy—gaṇa của Ngài tên là gì?” Śrī Śaṅkara đáp: “Này Nữ Thần, đây là Vīraka, kẻ luôn được Ta yêu quý, hỡi ái nữ của Núi.”
Devī (first half); Śrī Śaṅkara/Śiva (second half)
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī, addressed as Adrisutā)
Scene: Devī asks Śiva the name of the gaṇa; Śaṅkara replies affectionately, identifying him as Vīraka, dear to him, addressing Devī as ‘daughter of the Mountain’.
FAQs
The Purāṇa highlights intimacy between the Divine and devoted attendants—service (sevā) to Śiva is portrayed as a path to divine closeness.
No tīrtha is specified; this is a character-identification moment within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
None; it is a dialogue identifying the gaṇa by name.