Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो रविज्वालसहस्रमालि बभूव वक्त्रं चलजिह्वदंष्ट्रम् । महेश्वरस्याद्भुतरूपिणस्तदा स द्वादशात्मा प्रबभूव एकः
tato ravijvālasahasramāli babhūva vaktraṃ calajihvadaṃṣṭram | maheśvarasyādbhutarūpiṇastadā sa dvādaśātmā prababhūva ekaḥ
ثم صار وجهُ المهيشفرا العجيبُ الهيئة مُتوَّجًا بإكليلٍ من ألفِ لهيبٍ كالشمس، بألسنةٍ متحرّكةٍ وأنيابٍ بارزة؛ وفي ذلك الحين تجلّى الواحدُ ذا جوهرٍ اثني عشريّ.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator
Scene: Maheśvara’s face becomes a garland of a thousand sun-like flames, with moving tongues and fangs; the single deity simultaneously manifests as twelvefold essence.
FAQs
The One Divine can manifest in many functional forms for cosmic governance—unity underlying multiplicity.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it describes a divine manifestation within the Revā-section narrative.
None is stated in this verse.