Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119
एतदंतमालोक्य चिकीर्षंती मनीषितम् । स्वाहा शरीरमाविश्यतासां तेजो जहार तत्
etadaṃtamālokya cikīrṣaṃtī manīṣitam | svāhā śarīramāviśyatāsāṃ tejo jahāra tat
हे सर्व पाहून आणि आपला संकल्प सिद्ध करण्याची इच्छा धरून स्वाहेने त्यांच्या देहांत प्रवेश करून त्यांचे तेज हरण केले।
Nārada
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in nearby verses; typically a royal/epic interlocutor)
Scene: Svāhā, subtle and luminous, enters the bodies of the six wives (or the targeted group) and draws out their tejas like a stream of firelight, while the atmosphere is charged with secrecy and divine intent.
FAQs
The narrative frames ‘tejas’ as a subtle, transferable potency, emphasizing that cosmic destinies unfold through unseen spiritual dynamics.
No site is named in this verse; it continues the Gaṅgā-bank episode contextually.
None; it is a mythic explanation of how divine energy was redirected.