Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
तत्प्रभावान्ममेयं हि विभूतिर्जायते निशि । दिवा रिक्ते कृते याति भूय एव महामते
tatprabhāvānmameyaṃ hi vibhūtirjāyate niśi | divā rikte kṛte yāti bhūya eva mahāmate
اسی کے اثر سے میری یہ وِبھوتی (مقدس راکھ) رات میں پیدا ہوتی ہے۔ دن کے وقت جب اسے خالی کر دیا جاتا ہے تو یہ غائب ہو جاتی ہے—اور پھر دوبارہ ظاہر ہو اٹھتی ہے، اے صاحبِ خرد۔
Preta (a departed spirit)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unnamed questioner (mahāmati)
Scene: The preta explains that by the ascetic’s power, ash (vibhūti) appears on him at night; when emptied/removed by day it disappears, only to arise again each night.
FAQs
Austerity undertaken in a holy place can generate extraordinary effects, signaling the unseen potency of dharma and devotion.
The Hāṭakeśvara sacred region associated with Śiva and ascetic practice near the confluence.
No public rite; it describes the recurring manifestation of vibhūti as an effect of an ascetic’s observance.