Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
रतिः स्मृतिः कामचारी मम चांगनिवासिनी । देवि किं बहुनोक्तेन प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी
ratiḥ smṛtiḥ kāmacārī mama cāṃganivāsinī | devi kiṃ bahunoktena prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī
Rati, Smṛti và Kāmacārī ở trong chính gia thất của Ta. Nhưng, ô Devī, nói nhiều để làm gì? Nàng còn quý đối với Ta hơn cả những hơi thở sinh mệnh của chính Ta.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The Lord declares that even personified pleasures and faculties dwell in his house, yet the Devī is dearer than life itself; the scene is intimate, with the Devī listening, slightly bashful, in a sanctified Prabhāsa setting.
FAQs
Divine relationship is portrayed as supreme—Devī is valued beyond all worldly delights and even beyond life itself.
The immediate setting is the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa sacred region), preparing the ground for later tīrtha-glorification.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes devotion and the intimacy of the divine dialogue.