Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
अग्निज्वालोज्ज्वलैः शृङ्गैस्त्रिनेत्रा सुपयस्विनी । अग्निपूर्णा ह्यग्निमुखा अग्निघ्राणाग्निलोचना
agnijvālojjvalaiḥ śṛṅgaistrinetrā supayasvinī | agnipūrṇā hyagnimukhā agnighrāṇāgnilocanā
اس کے سینگ آگ کی لپٹوں کی طرح روشن تھے، وہ سہ چشمہ اور دودھ سے بھرپور تھی؛ آگ سے معمور، آگ رخ، آگ ناک اور آگ آنکھوں والی…
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating)
Tirtha: Kapilā Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Rājā (Bhārata)
Scene: Close-up iconographic vision of Kapilā: horns like tongues of flame, a third eye on the forehead, abundant udders symbolizing plenty; the face and eyes glow like fire, with heat-haze around the body.
FAQs
The sacred is portrayed as both nourishing (milk) and purifying-transformative (fire), revealing tīrtha power as simultaneously gentle and formidable.
Kapilā-tīrtha, whose greatness is anchored in the fiery, auspicious manifestation of Kapilā.
No direct prescription here; it provides a visionary description supporting the tīrtha’s extraordinary sanctity.