Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
देवीनां कोटिकोटीभिः संवृता तत्र पालिनी । संकर्षणस्य निःश्वासप्रेरितो दाहकोऽनलः
devīnāṃ koṭikoṭībhiḥ saṃvṛtā tatra pālinī | saṃkarṣaṇasya niḥśvāsaprerito dāhako'nalaḥ
അവിടെ പാലിനിയായ ദേവി കോടി കോടി ദേവിമാരാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ട് നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. സംകർഷണന്റെ നിശ്വാസപ്രേരണയാൽ ദാഹകമായ അനലൻ പ്രചണ്ഡമായി ദഹിപ്പാൻ പുറപ്പെടുന്നു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: Kapālīśā stands firm amid a vast host of devīs forming a protective ring; from the depths, a roaring flame surges forward, visualized as driven by the breath of Saṅkarṣaṇa—an immense serpent-backed cosmic presence suggested in the background.
FAQs
Cosmic order is sustained by divine guardianship, and dissolution too occurs by divine will—here symbolized by Saṅkarṣaṇa’s breath moving the consuming fire.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological description within the Māheśvara-khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is descriptive (cosmic guardians and the consuming fire).