Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
श्वेतो लोहितरक्तौ च पीतवासाः शिवः प्रभुः । सर्वरूपश्च मासोऽयमेवं वर्षशतावधिः
śveto lohitaraktau ca pītavāsāḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ | sarvarūpaśca māso'yamevaṃ varṣaśatāvadhiḥ
الربّ شِيفا، السيّدُ المهيمن، يتجلّى أبيضَ، وأحمرَ قانيًا، ومرتديًا ثيابًا صفراء. هذا الشهر ذو كلّ صورة؛ وهكذا يمتدّ إلى مئة سنة (بحسب المقياس الإلهي).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Sages/disciples (contextual)
Scene: A triptych-like vision of Śiva: one panel white (śveta), one ruddy-red (lohita/rakta), one in yellow garments (pītavāsā), all merging into a single radiant Mahādeva labeled ‘Sarvarūpa’.
FAQs
Śiva pervades all forms and appearances; devotion should not be limited by outer distinctions.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on Śiva’s all-form nature and a time-measure motif.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here.