Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
ततः प्रोवाच भगवानग्निं प्रति महेश्वरः । मासिमासि प्रतप्तानां देहे तेजो विसृज्यताम्
tataḥ provāca bhagavānagniṃ prati maheśvaraḥ | māsimāsi prataptānāṃ dehe tejo visṛjyatām
Kemudian Tuhan Maheśvara bersabda kepada Agni: “Bulan demi bulan, lepaskanlah tejas yang berapi ini ke dalam tubuh mereka yang telah hangus terbakar (oleh tapa dan kesukaran).”
Śiva (Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva instructs Agni with calm authority; a conceptual tableau shows ascetics or beings marked by austerity—lean, radiant, heat-hardened—receiving measured portions of fiery radiance month by month.
FAQs
Divine energy (tejas) is not random; it is governed by Īśvara’s command and can be bestowed to sustain beings through hardship and tapas.
The verse sits within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame, tying Śiva’s ordinance to the sanctity of the Himalayan sacred region.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a command to Agni about the distribution of tejas.