Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
पंचवक्त्रो दशभुजो मुखे नेत्रत्रयान्वितः । कपर्द्दी खंडचंद्रोसौ तथासौ नीललोहितः
paṃcavaktro daśabhujo mukhe netratrayānvitaḥ | kaparddī khaṃḍacaṃdrosau tathāsau nīlalohitaḥ
“اس کے پانچ چہرے اور دس بازو ہیں؛ چہرے پر تین آنکھیں ہیں۔ وہ کپردی ہے، ٹوٹے ہوئے ہلالِ ماہ کو دھارنے والا؛ اور وہ نیل لوہت بھی ہے۔”
Dakṣa (describing/criticizing Śiva; inferred from surrounding verses where Dakṣa reviles)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary or rhetorical cutaway: Śiva appears with five faces, ten arms, three eyes, matted hair (kapardī), and a broken crescent on his locks; his complexion bears the Nīlalohita hue—blue-red radiance—standing serene amid a subtle aura.
FAQs
Divine forms and epithets signify cosmic functions; misunderstanding them leads to irreverence and loss of discernment.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse contributes to the Śiva-centered narrative within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.
None; it is descriptive theology/iconography (used polemically by Dakṣa in context).
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