Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
एतत्कार्यं मदनेनैव राजन्नान्यः समर्थो भविता त्रिलोके । विप्लावितं तापसानां तपो हि तस्मात्त्वरात्प्रार्थनीयो हि मारः
etatkāryaṃ madanenaiva rājannānyaḥ samartho bhavitā triloke | viplāvitaṃ tāpasānāṃ tapo hi tasmāttvarātprārthanīyo hi māraḥ
“اے راجن، یہ کام صرف مدن ہی کر سکتا ہے؛ تینوں لوکوں میں کوئی اور اس کے قابل نہیں۔ کیونکہ وہ تپسویوں کی تپسیا کو بھی ہلا دیتا ہے، اس لیے مارا کو فوراً پکارنا چاہیے۔”
Bṛhaspati
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/audience
Scene: Bṛhaspati explains to Indra that only Madana can accomplish the task; imagery contrasts blazing ascetic fires with the subtle arrival of spring-like desire.
FAQs
Desire can destabilize even severe austerity; hence spiritual discipline requires vigilance and higher discernment.
The verse occurs within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame, not as a direct tīrtha-glorification passage.
A practical instruction is given: to invoke/appeal to Madana (Kāma) promptly for the intended divine purpose.