Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
ज्वालास्ततस्तस्य मुखात्सुघोराः सविस्फुलिङ्गा बहुलाः सधूमाः । अनेकरूपा ज्वलनप्रकाशाः प्रदीपयन्तीव दिशोऽखिलाश्च
jvālāstatastasya mukhātsughorāḥ savisphuliṅgā bahulāḥ sadhūmāḥ | anekarūpā jvalanaprakāśāḥ pradīpayantīva diśo'khilāśca
त्यानंतर त्याच्या मुखातून अत्यंत घोर ज्वाळा उसळल्या—ठिणग्यांनी युक्त, बहुसंख्य, धुरकट, नानारूप व अग्निप्रभेने दीप्त—जणू सर्व दिशांना उजळवीत होत्या।
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator
Scene: From Rudra’s mouth erupt innumerable dreadful flames—smoky, spark-filled, multi-formed—spreading outward as if they light every direction of the cosmos.
FAQs
Divine energy can purify and dissolve the cosmos; it warns against adharma and affirms the awe-inspiring majesty of Śiva/Rudra.
No specific tirtha is referenced in this verse.
None is stated in this verse.