Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
ततः स्कंदभुजोत्सृष्टा भुवं निर्भिद्य वेगतः । प्रविष्टा सहसा शक्तिर्यथा दैवं नरं प्रति
tataḥ skaṃdabhujotsṛṣṭā bhuvaṃ nirbhidya vegataḥ | praviṣṭā sahasā śaktiryathā daivaṃ naraṃ prati
ثم إنَّ الرمحَ الذي أُطلِقَ من ذراعِ سكَندا اندفعَ بسرعةٍ فثقبَ الأرضَ، ودخلَ بغتةً إلى العوالمِ السُّفلى—كما يَهجُمُ القضاءُ على الإنسان.
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A blazing spear streaks downward from Skanda’s arm, splitting the earth with a sharp fissure and vanishing into darkness—visualized as fate itself rushing upon a mortal.
FAQs
The verse compares divine action to daiva—inevitable and immediate—teaching humility before cosmic order.
The piercing of the earth becomes the causal event for the later-described Siddhakūpa/Siddheśvara sacred spot.
None here; it is a narrative explanation for how a tīrtha’s physical feature originated.