Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67
ततः किंचित्प्रमिलिते मेनानेत्रांबुजद्वये । आविवेशमुखं रात्रिर्ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तदा
tataḥ kiṃcitpramilite menānetrāṃbujadvaye | āviveśamukhaṃ rātrirbrahmaṇo vacanāttadā
پھر جب مینا کی دو کنول جیسی آنکھیں ذرا سی بند ہوئیں تو اسی وقت برہما کے حکم کے مطابق رات اس کے منہ میں داخل ہوئی۔
Sūta narrating (deduced).
Scene: Menā rests as her lotus-eyes gently close; the personified Night (Rātri/Vibhāvarī) subtly enters her mouth, guided by Brahmā’s unseen command—an intimate, cosmic conception scene in a Himalayan palace-hermitage.
FAQs
Cosmic order operates through divine instruction; extraordinary births unfold by Brahmā’s sanctioned design.
No specific tīrtha is named; the setting is the Himalayan household of Himagiri.
None; it describes a supernatural event authorized by Brahmā.