Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
सस तु तं भस्मसात्कृत्वा हरनेत्रोद्भवोऽनलः । व्यजृंभत जगद्दग्धुं ज्वालापूरितदिङ्मुखः
sasa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavo'nalaḥ | vyajṛṃbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jvālāpūritadiṅmukhaḥ
Having reduced him to ashes, that fire born from Hara’s (Śiva’s) eye then flared up, as though to burn the entire world, with every quarter’s face filled with flames.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: After Kāma is ash, the third-eye fire swells into a vast blaze, tongues of flame filling all directions, threatening to consume the cosmos.
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire is consumable by divine consciousness; Śiva’s inner fire symbolizes mastery over kāma (passion).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a cosmic-theological moment within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
None in this verse; it is descriptive of the divine event (Kāma being burnt).