Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
ततो मंकणकं प्राह पश्य विप्र करान्मम । शुभ्रं भस्म विनिष्क्रांतं पश्य मे द्विज कौतुकम्
tato maṃkaṇakaṃ prāha paśya vipra karānmama | śubhraṃ bhasma viniṣkrāṃtaṃ paśya me dvija kautukam
Rồi Ngài nói với Maṃkaṇa: “Hãy nhìn, hỡi Bà-la-môn—hãy nhìn từ tay ta: tro trắng rực đã hiện ra. Hỡi người hai lần sinh, hãy chiêm ngưỡng dấu lạ này của ta.”
Śiva (as the brāhmaṇa figure)
Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala)
Type: peak
Scene: Śiva reveals a miraculous emergence of bright white ash from his hand, holding it out toward the brāhmaṇa Maṃkaṇa as a wondrous sign.
FAQs
True spiritual authority is revealed by divine signs that point beyond ego and toward purification and surrender.
The Arbuda region is glorified indirectly through Śiva’s manifest intervention within its sacred narrative setting.
No explicit prescription is stated; the verse highlights bhasma as a sacred emblem central to Śaiva religious culture.