Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
तं प्रविष्टं शिवात्मानं स दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मराक्षसः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन जग्धंु क्षुत्परिपीडितः
taṃ praviṣṭaṃ śivātmānaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā brahmarākṣasaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena jagdhaṃु kṣutparipīḍitaḥ
Als er den sah, der in den Zustand der Einheit mit Śiva eingegangen war, stürzte der grimmige Brahmarākṣasa—vom Hunger gepeinigt—mit großer Geschwindigkeit auf ihn zu, um ihn zu verschlingen.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in this excerpt)
Scene: A fierce Brahmarākṣasa, gaunt with hunger yet massive and terrifying, rushes through a dark forest toward a serene yogin absorbed in Śiva-consciousness.
FAQs
Even violent, hunger-driven evil is powerless before one established in Śiva-consciousness.
This verse focuses on saintly power rather than naming a specific tīrtha in the excerpt.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on the transformative merit of proximity to a realized yogin.