Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो रविज्वालसहस्रमालि बभूव वक्त्रं चलजिह्वदंष्ट्रम् । महेश्वरस्याद्भुतरूपिणस्तदा स द्वादशात्मा प्रबभूव एकः
tato ravijvālasahasramāli babhūva vaktraṃ calajihvadaṃṣṭram | maheśvarasyādbhutarūpiṇastadā sa dvādaśātmā prababhūva ekaḥ
मग अद्भुतरूप महेश्वराचे मुख सहस्र सूर्यसदृश ज्वाळांच्या माळेने अलंकृत झाले; त्याच्या जिभा व दाढा हालत्या होत्या. त्या वेळी तो एकच ईश्वर द्वादशात्मा होऊन प्रकट झाला।
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator
Scene: Maheśvara’s face becomes a garland of a thousand sun-like flames, with moving tongues and fangs; the single deity simultaneously manifests as twelvefold essence.
FAQs
The One Divine can manifest in many functional forms for cosmic governance—unity underlying multiplicity.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it describes a divine manifestation within the Revā-section narrative.
None is stated in this verse.
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