Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्यापि तपसो राशेः कालेन महतानघ । पुत्रोऽथ मानसो जातः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मेव चापरः
tasyāpi tapaso rāśeḥ kālena mahatānagha | putro'tha mānaso jātaḥ sākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ
हे निष्पाप, त्या तपोराशीच्या प्रभावाने, दीर्घ काळानंतर, त्याचा एक मानसपुत्र उत्पन्न झाला—जणू साक्षात् दुसराच ब्रह्मा.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara (legendary frame continues)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A luminous ascetic scene: Marīci in deep meditation, surrounded by an aura formed from accumulated tapas; from that radiance, a mind-born son appears—depicted as ‘another Brahmā’, with a subtle four-faced or Brahmā-like splendor (without fully duplicating iconography), emphasizing spiritual potency.
FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a generative spiritual force—capable of producing exalted beings and sustaining dharma across ages.
Not named in this verse; it supports the backstory for a Revā Khaṇḍa tirtha-mahātmya narrative.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on long-term austerity as the cause of extraordinary attainment.