Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
तेजस्त्वभ्यधिकं तस्य साऽसहिष्णुर्विवस्वतः । येनातितापयामास त्रैलोक्यं तिग्मरश्मिभृत्
tejastvabhyadhikaṃ tasya sā'sahiṣṇurvivasvataḥ | yenātitāpayāmāsa trailokyaṃ tigmaraśmibhṛt
مگر اُس کا نور حد سے بڑھ کر تھا؛ وہ ویوسوان کے دہکتے ہوئے روپ کو برداشت نہ کر سکی۔ تیز شعاعوں والا وہ تینوں جہانوں کو جھلسا دینے لگا۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)
Scene: Vivasvān appears as a blazing orb-bodied deity with sharp rays extending outward, the three worlds shown as layered realms being scorched; Saṃjñā recoils, shielding her face.
FAQs
Even divine powers require balance; unchecked intensity, though sacred, can become unbearable without moderation and dharmic measure.
The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework, but it does not directly praise a named tīrtha.
None in this verse.