Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
श्वेतो लोहितरक्तौ च पीतवासाः शिवः प्रभुः । सर्वरूपश्च मासोऽयमेवं वर्षशतावधिः
śveto lohitaraktau ca pītavāsāḥ śivaḥ prabhuḥ | sarvarūpaśca māso'yamevaṃ varṣaśatāvadhiḥ
प्रभु शिव श्वेतरूप, लोहित-रक्तरूप आणि पीतवस्त्रधारी रूपाने प्रकट होतात. हा मास सर्वरूप आहे; अशा रीतीने (दैवी मानाने) तो शंभर वर्षांपर्यंत विस्तारतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Sages/disciples (contextual)
Scene: A triptych-like vision of Śiva: one panel white (śveta), one ruddy-red (lohita/rakta), one in yellow garments (pītavāsā), all merging into a single radiant Mahādeva labeled ‘Sarvarūpa’.
FAQs
Śiva pervades all forms and appearances; devotion should not be limited by outer distinctions.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on Śiva’s all-form nature and a time-measure motif.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here.