Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
गुह्यकाधिपतिस्त्वं हि कालनाभ इति स्मृतः । षष्टिकोटिपतिर्जातो यक्षरक्षाकृते भुवि
guhyakādhipatistvaṃ hi kālanābha iti smṛtaḥ | ṣaṣṭikoṭipatirjāto yakṣarakṣākṛte bhuvi
നീ തന്നെയാണ് ഗുഹ്യകരുടെ അധിപതി, ‘കാലനാഭ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; ഭൂമിയിൽ യക്ഷരുടെ രക്ഷയ്ക്കായി നീ അറുപത് കോടികളുടെ നായകനായി ജനിച്ചു.
Maurvī (continuing praise, from context)
Tirtha: (Implied) Guhyaka/Yakṣa protective sphere
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker reveals the hero’s deeper identity: lord of the Guhyakas, known as Kālanābha, commander of sixty crores, stationed on earth to protect Yakṣas; the atmosphere turns mystical and cosmic.
FAQs
Purāṇic roles frame power as responsibility—great leaders are born for protection (rakṣā), not mere domination.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.