Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 177
यदा दग्धः पुरा तेन मदनो दुरतिक्रमः । तथैव धक्ष्यत्यस्माकं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
yadā dagdhaḥ purā tena madano duratikramaḥ | tathaiva dhakṣyatyasmākaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
فقد أحرق من قبلٍ بواسطته مَدَنَة (كاما) الذي لا يُقهر؛ وكذلك سيحرقنا نحن، فلا حاجة هنا إلى تروٍّ أو مداولة.
Suras and Asuras (collective, continuing their reply)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (context) / Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (audience; within story: devas/asuras speaking among themselves)
Scene: The assembly recalls the ancient moment when Śiva’s fire burned Madana; their fear projects that same flame onto themselves, imagining being consumed by divine radiance.
FAQs
Śiva’s power dissolves even desire itself; remembering divine acts should inspire reverence and self-restraint, not panic.
No specific tirtha is named; the verse recalls the mythic event of Kāma being burned.
None; it is a narrative recollection used as an argument.