Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75
कृष्णः श्यामस्तथा धूम्रः सुपिशंगः पिशंगकः । त्रिवर्णः शबलो वर्णैः कर्कंधुर इति क्रमात्
kṛṣṇaḥ śyāmastathā dhūmraḥ supiśaṃgaḥ piśaṃgakaḥ | trivarṇaḥ śabalo varṇaiḥ karkaṃdhura iti kramāt
பின்பு கருப்பு (கிருஷ்ண), கருநிறம் (ஷ்யாம), புகைநிறம் (தூம்ர), ஒளிர்-கபிலம் (சுபிஷங்க), கபிலம் (பிஷங்க); அதன் பின் மும்மணி நிறம் (திரிவர்ண) மற்றும் பலநிறச் சபலன்—இவ்வரிசையில் (இறுதியில்) கர்கந்துரன்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A sequence of Manu-aura colors deepens—black, dark-blue, smoky grey, bright tawny, tawny—then a tri-colored aura and a variegated aura, culminating in a final figure labeled Karkaṃdhura, all arranged like a spectrum around a cosmic axis.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often encodes cosmic order through symbolic sequences; here, a graded series of colors suggests structured diversity in creation.
None; this is symbolic/cosmological material rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.