Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
सस तु तं भस्मसात्कृत्वा हरनेत्रोद्भवोऽनलः । व्यजृंभत जगद्दग्धुं ज्वालापूरितदिङ्मुखः
sasa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavo'nalaḥ | vyajṛṃbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jvālāpūritadiṅmukhaḥ
اسے راکھ کر دینے کے بعد، ہَر کی آنکھ سے پیدا ہونے والی وہ آگ پھر بھڑک اٹھی، گویا سارے جگت کو جلا ڈالے؛ چاروں سمتوں کے دہانے شعلوں سے بھر گئے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: After Kāma is ash, the third-eye fire swells into a vast blaze, tongues of flame filling all directions, threatening to consume the cosmos.
FAQs
Uncontrolled desire is consumable by divine consciousness; Śiva’s inner fire symbolizes mastery over kāma (passion).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a cosmic-theological moment within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
None in this verse; it is descriptive of the divine event (Kāma being burnt).