Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । शम्भुना रेतसा राजंस्तर्पितो हव्यवाहनः । प्राप्तसौख्येन रौद्रेण गौर्याक्रीडनचेतसा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | śambhunā retasā rājaṃstarpito havyavāhanaḥ | prāptasaukhyena raudreṇa gauryākrīḍanacetasā
മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ, ശംഭുവിന്റെ രേതസ്സാൽ ഹവ്യവാഹനൻ (അഗ്നി) തൃപ്തനായി. ഗൗരിയോടുള്ള ക്രീഡയിൽ ലീനനായ ശിവന്റെ ആ രൗദ്രതേജസ്സാൽ, ആനന്ദസമ്പന്നനായി, അവൻ അത്ഭുതശക്തി പ്രാപിച്ചു.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Piṅgaleśvara (etiology)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A mythic tableau: Śiva (Śambhu) and Gaurī in sportive delight; Agni (Havyavāhana) receives and is 'tarpita' (satiated/empowered) by Śiva’s tejas; the energy is depicted as a radiant, fierce aura transitioning toward Agni.
FAQs
Divine tejas (sacred power) is portrayed as transformative—capable of sanctifying deities and, by extension, places connected to the event.
The verse supplies the mythic prelude that leads to Piṅgaleśvara’s establishment at Piṅgalāvarta.
None; it is narrative theology explaining how Agni became empowered to establish the liṅga.