Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
यद्वाणोभूच्छ्रीपतिर्यस्य यंता लोकेशो यत्स्यंदनं भूः समस्ता । वाहा वेदा यस्य येनेषुपाताद्दग्धा ग्रामास्त्रैपुरास्तत्समः कः
yadvāṇobhūcchrīpatiryasya yaṃtā lokeśo yatsyaṃdanaṃ bhūḥ samastā | vāhā vedā yasya yeneṣupātāddagdhā grāmāstraipurāstatsamaḥ kaḥ
ज्याचा बाण श्रीपति (विष्णू) होता, ज्याचा सारथी लोकेश (ब्रह्मा) होता, ज्याचा रथ ही समस्त पृथ्वी होती आणि ज्याचे अश्व वेद होते—ज्याच्या बाणप्रहाराने त्रिपुराची नगरे जळून भस्म झाली—त्याच्या सम कोण?
Satyavatī’s son (Vyāsa) in stotra to Śiva (deduced)
Scene: Śiva’s cosmic chariot: Earth as the chariot, Brahmā as charioteer, Vedas as steeds, Viṣṇu as the arrow; the single discharge burns the three cities of Tripura.
FAQs
Śiva is portrayed as supreme, with all cosmic powers (Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Vedas, Earth) serving his divine purpose.
Kāśī through the hymn to Viśvanātha; the verse itself references Tripuradahana as a proof of Śiva’s supremacy.
None; it is doctrinal praise using iconic mythic imagery.