Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
मुखे ह्यग्निः स्थितो देवो दन्तेषु च भुजङ्गमाः । धाता विधाता ह्योष्ठौ च जिह्वायां तु सरस्वती
mukhe hyagniḥ sthito devo danteṣu ca bhujaṅgamāḥ | dhātā vidhātā hyoṣṭhau ca jihvāyāṃ tu sarasvatī
तिच्या मुखात देव अग्नी स्थित आहे, आणि दातांत भुजंग (सर्प) आहेत। ओठांवर धाता-विधाता, आणि जिभेवर सरस्वती विराजमान आहे।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Kapilā-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A symbolic portrait of Kapilā: her open mouth glows with Agni; teeth shimmer as coiled nāgas; lips bear twin creator-figures (Dhātā/Vidhātā); tongue radiates Sarasvatī with vīṇā—an esoteric iconographic diagram.
FAQs
The divine pervades form: the sacred being/place is described as a living altar where multiple deities are immanent.
Kapilā-tīrtha’s presiding sanctity (Kapilā) is glorified through a deity-infused description that intensifies the tīrtha’s holiness.
None explicitly; the verse functions as stuti (praise) and theological grounding for tīrtha reverence.