Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99
यथा कृतं तेन पिनाकिना पुरा एतत्स्मृतं किं सुभगे वदस्व नः । कृतो ह्यनंगो हि तदा ह्यनेन दग्धं वनं तस्य गिरेः पितुस्ते
yathā kṛtaṃ tena pinākinā purā etatsmṛtaṃ kiṃ subhage vadasva naḥ | kṛto hyanaṃgo hi tadā hyanena dagdhaṃ vanaṃ tasya gireḥ pituste
Wahai yang berbahagia, jika engkau masih ingat, ceritakan kepada kami apa yang dahulu dilakukan oleh Tuhan pemegang Pināka itu. Ketika itu, oleh-Nya, Kāma dijadikan tanpa jasad, dan hutan milik ayahmu—Sang Gunung—telah dibakar.
Bhṛṅgī
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual) / Himavat-vanāni (mythic)
Type: mountain
Listener: null
Scene: Sages/attendants ask Devī to recount Pinākin’s ancient deed: Kāma reduced to bodilessness and Himavat’s forest scorched by Śiva’s fiery glance.
FAQs
Tapas and divine austerity conquer desire; the Kāma-dahana memory teaches mastery over passion as a path to dharma.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse draws on pan-Purāṇic lore within the Kedārakhaṇḍa frame.
None; it references a mythic event (Kāma becoming Anaṅga) rather than prescribing a rite.