Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99
अव्रणत्वं शरीरस्य कांतिश्चाथाष्टकं स्मृतम् । अष्टौ पूर्वा इमाश्चाष्टौ राक्षसानां पुरे स्मृताः
avraṇatvaṃ śarīrasya kāṃtiścāthāṣṭakaṃ smṛtam | aṣṭau pūrvā imāścāṣṭau rākṣasānāṃ pure smṛtāḥ
দেহে ক্ষত না থাকা এবং দীপ্ত কান্তি—এগুলি অষ্টবিধ বলে স্মৃত। পূর্বের সেই আট ও এই আট—রাক্ষসদের পুরীতে সিদ্ধি রূপে কথিত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Tirtha: Rākṣasa-purī (mythic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous, fortified otherworldly city where beings display invulnerability and radiant beauty; the verse reads like a register of boons attained there.
FAQs
The text frames bodily wholeness and spiritual radiance as fruits of higher discipline, catalogued as classical attainments across different realms.
No tīrtha is named; a mythic/cosmological locale (“city of the Rākṣasas”) is referenced instead.
None; the verse is descriptive, listing siddhis rather than prescribing a practice.