Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96
त्वया संपादितो देव मदनो हि महाबलः । समर्थो हि समर्थत्वात्तत्सामर्थ्यं करिष्यति
tvayā saṃpādito deva madano hi mahābalaḥ | samartho hi samarthatvāttatsāmarthyaṃ kariṣyati
اے دیو! مدن کو اسی حالت میں آپ ہی نے پہنچایا ہے، اور وہ یقیناً نہایت زورآور ہے؛ اپنی کامل صلاحیت کے باعث وہ اپنی وہی قوت و کارگزاری پھر انجام دے گا۔
Ṛṣis (sages) addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A spokesman among sages reassures Śiva: Madana, empowered by you, will resume his cosmic role; the scene balances fear with hopeful certainty.
FAQs
Cosmic roles persist: even when checked by ascetic fire, the world’s sustaining functions re-emerge under divine governance.
The Kedāra region is the textual frame; this verse focuses on cosmic function rather than tīrtha description.
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