Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य रेतः सोमत्वमीयिवत् । नेत्राभ्यां तच्च सुस्राव दशधा द्योतयद्दिशः
ūrdhvamācakrame tasya retaḥ somatvamīyivat | netrābhyāṃ tacca susrāva daśadhā dyotayaddiśaḥ
त्यांचे रेत वरच्या दिशेने उठले व सोमत्वास प्राप्त झाले. मग ते नेत्रांतून स्रवले; दहा धारांनी तेजस्वी होऊन दिशांना प्रकाशित करू लागले।
Viṣṇugaṇas
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śivaśarmā
Scene: Atri’s ascetic tejas culminates: a luminous essence rises, becomes Soma; from his eyes stream ten radiant currents lighting all directions.
FAQs
Tapas is depicted as transmuting inner essence into luminous, world-benefiting divinity.
Not site-specific; it is Somaloka origin lore within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa storyline.
None; the verse narrates a mythic cosmological event (Soma’s manifestation).