Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94
एवं विनिश्चयं दृष्ट्वास्य स्थिरं कुरुनंदन । पुरुषोऽसौ प्रहस्यैव क्षणादंतर्दधे ततः
evaṃ viniścayaṃ dṛṣṭvāsya sthiraṃ kurunaṃdana | puruṣo'sau prahasyaiva kṣaṇādaṃtardadhe tataḥ
அவனுடைய உறுதி இவ்வாறு நிலைத்திருப்பதைப் பார்த்து, குருநந்தனே, அந்த மனிதன் சிரித்தவாறே ஒரு கணத்தில் அங்கிருந்து மறைந்தான்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (narration)
Listener: Kuru-nandana (likely a royal interlocutor in the narrative frame)
Scene: The mysterious man smiles/laughs lightly, then dissolves or vanishes; Kālabhīti stands steady, surprised but composed; the forest air seems to shimmer.
FAQs
Steadfastness in one’s dharmic resolve becomes the turning point that invites divine disclosure.
Not named in this verse; the setting is within a Śaiva māhātmya leading to a liṅga’s manifestation.
None; it is a narrative transition preceding a sacred manifestation.