Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
वह्निस्तेजोमयं दिव्यमजिनं प्रददौ स्थितः । एवं विभूषितः सर्वैर्भृत्यैरीशो बभौ भृशम्
vahnistejomayaṃ divyamajinaṃ pradadau sthitaḥ | evaṃ vibhūṣitaḥ sarvairbhṛtyairīśo babhau bhṛśam
وہنی (اگنی) نے کھڑے ہو کر تجو مَے، دیویہ اَجِن (چمڑا) پیش کیا۔ یوں سب خادموں کے سنوارنے سے ایشور نہایت درخشاں ہو اٹھا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Agni, personified, stands near Śiva and offers a radiant, divine hide/skin shimmering with pure tejas; Śiva, adorned by attendants, shines intensely.
FAQs
When the cosmos serves the Supreme, His glory becomes manifest—divine radiance is both the offering and the result of devotion.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a praise-scene centered on Śiva’s resplendence.
None; it narrates a symbolic offering (upacāra) by Agni.