Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
एवं हि भगवान्सृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रः स मन्युमान् । स्वकीयेष्वथ कृत्येषु योजयामास तांस्ततः
evaṃ hi bhagavānsṛṣṭvā viśvāmitraḥ sa manyumān | svakīyeṣvatha kṛtyeṣu yojayāmāsa tāṃstataḥ
Assim, tendo criado, o venerável Viśvāmitra—pleno de uma determinação irada—em seguida os pôs a trabalhar nas tarefas por ele mesmo delineadas.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Scene: Viśvāmitra stands in ascetic radiance, eyes intense with ‘manyu’; newly created beings assemble before him as he assigns them tasks, suggesting a world set into motion by a single will.
FAQs
Power achieved through austerity must be governed by righteous intention; otherwise even “creation” becomes an extension of personal agitation.
The tīrtha is the setting for the tapas episode; the verse itself does not specify the site-name.
None.