Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75
कृष्णः श्यामस्तथा धूम्रः सुपिशंगः पिशंगकः । त्रिवर्णः शबलो वर्णैः कर्कंधुर इति क्रमात्
kṛṣṇaḥ śyāmastathā dhūmraḥ supiśaṃgaḥ piśaṃgakaḥ | trivarṇaḥ śabalo varṇaiḥ karkaṃdhura iti kramāt
(ثم يأتون) أسود، داكن، دخانيّ، أسمر لامع، وأسمر؛ ثم ثلاثيّ الألوان، ومُرقَّط الألوان—هكذا على الترتيب، (حتى) كركمْدهورا.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A sequence of Manu-aura colors deepens—black, dark-blue, smoky grey, bright tawny, tawny—then a tri-colored aura and a variegated aura, culminating in a final figure labeled Karkaṃdhura, all arranged like a spectrum around a cosmic axis.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often encodes cosmic order through symbolic sequences; here, a graded series of colors suggests structured diversity in creation.
None; this is symbolic/cosmological material rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.