Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
एवमुक्त्वाऽथ तं विप्रं भगवान्वृषभध्वजः । जगामादर्शनं पश्चाद्यथा दीपो वितैलकः
evamuktvā'tha taṃ vipraṃ bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | jagāmādarśanaṃ paścādyathā dīpo vitailakaḥ
یوں اُس برہمن سے کہہ کر، وِرِشبھ دھوج (بیل کے نشان والے) برکت والے بھگوان پھر نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گئے—جیسے تیل ختم ہو تو چراغ بجھ جائے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied by immediate context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja) finishes speaking to a brāhmaṇa; his form fades from view as a lamp’s flame dwindles when oil is exhausted—leaving the devotee in reverent stillness.
FAQs
Divine grace may appear briefly for instruction; the seeker must then rely on the given dharma—especially mantra and devotion.
The scene belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-centered chapter of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No new rite is added here; it concludes Śiva’s instruction, implying continued mantra-practice.