Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्यापि तपसो राशेः कालेन महतानघ । पुत्रोऽथ मानसो जातः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मेव चापरः
tasyāpi tapaso rāśeḥ kālena mahatānagha | putro'tha mānaso jātaḥ sākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ
De ese tesoro de austeridad (tapas), con el transcurrir de un gran tiempo, oh intachable, nació un hijo mānasa, como si fuera otro Brahmā manifestado en persona.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara (legendary frame continues)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A luminous ascetic scene: Marīci in deep meditation, surrounded by an aura formed from accumulated tapas; from that radiance, a mind-born son appears—depicted as ‘another Brahmā’, with a subtle four-faced or Brahmā-like splendor (without fully duplicating iconography), emphasizing spiritual potency.
FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a generative spiritual force—capable of producing exalted beings and sustaining dharma across ages.
Not named in this verse; it supports the backstory for a Revā Khaṇḍa tirtha-mahātmya narrative.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on long-term austerity as the cause of extraordinary attainment.