Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
छलितो मुह्यमानस्तु दिवारात्रिं न वेत्ति च । पुंस्त्रीनपुंसकाश्चैव जडीभूतस्त्रिलोचनः
chalito muhyamānastu divārātriṃ na vetti ca | puṃstrīnapuṃsakāścaiva jaḍībhūtastrilocanaḥ
Tertipu dan bingung, baginda tidak lagi mengetahui beza siang dan malam; dan Yang Bermata Tiga, dalam keadaan kaku terpinga, tidak mampu membezakan lelaki, perempuan, atau netral.
Vyāsa (narration)
Tirtha: Unnamed Śiva-tīrtha (līlā of vyāmohana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: O great one (addressed interlocutor not specified in verse)
Scene: Śiva shown in a trance-like stupor, eyes unfocused, the sun and moon circling ambiguously overhead; surrounding figures appear androgynous or symbolically blended, conveying collapse of ordinary distinctions.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration uses extraordinary reversals to highlight līlā and the mysterious working of power (śakti) behind tīrtha sanctity.
The episode belongs to the Śiva-tīrtha account within Dharmāraṇya, serving as its mythic backdrop.
No explicit rite is mentioned in this verse.