Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
सस तु तं भस्मसात्कृत्वा हरनेत्रोद्भवोऽनलः । व्यजृंभत जगद्दग्धुं ज्वालापूरितदिङ्मुखः
sasa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavo'nalaḥ | vyajṛṃbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jvālāpūritadiṅmukhaḥ
ਉਸਨੂੰ ਭਸਮ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਹਰ ਦੇ ਨੇਤਰ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮੀ ਉਹ ਅੱਗ ਫਿਰ ਭੜਕ ਉਠੀ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸਾਰਾ ਜਗਤ ਸਾੜ ਦੇਵੇ; ਚੌਹਾਂ ਦਿਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਖ ਜਵਾਲਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰ ਗਏ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: After Kāma is ash, the third-eye fire swells into a vast blaze, tongues of flame filling all directions, threatening to consume the cosmos.
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire is consumable by divine consciousness; Śiva’s inner fire symbolizes mastery over kāma (passion).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a cosmic-theological moment within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
None in this verse; it is descriptive of the divine event (Kāma being burnt).