Skanda Purana 6.1.4.59.4

6.1.4.59.4

tasmāttattejasā yuktaṃ paśyedanimiṣaṃ kvacit .. 44 ..
ikāramatha saṃbhinnamagnimāha pitāmahaḥ ..
saumyadṛṣṭyā tu brahmāṇaṃ samudīkṣamupāgatam.. 45 ..
yasmācchīghraṃ mahāsattva saumyadṛṣṭirihāgataḥ ..
tasmāddāsyāmyahaṃ sthānaṃ sarvabhūtamanoramam .. 46 ..
saṃśītātmā śītaraśmiścaṃdramāstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi ..
sarvatejodhiko divyaḥ saumyaḥ paramabhāsuraḥ .. 47 ..
tarusthaḥ sarvatejāṃsi tejasā'bhibhaviṣyasi ..
ityuktvā taṃ visṛjyātha ukārāgnimathāhvayata .. 48 ..
ihaihītīti śirasi samādāya nyaveśayat ..
tatrasthaṃ paṃcamaṃ vaktraṃ ūrdhvametatprajāyate .. 49 ..
sa evaṃ rūpavānagnirukārāgniḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ..
tasmādagniśca sūryaśca ekametau vinirdiśet .. 5.1.4.50 ..
bhavāgnirūpaṃ paramaṃ brahmāṇamidamabravīt ..
mamāpi ruciraṃ sthānaṃ prayacchasva yathā svayam .. 51 ..
brahmā tamāha katamaṃ sthānaṃ te rocate'nala ..
agnistaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ sthānaṃ kathaya me param..52..
sthānaṃ naivāsti te bhavyaṃ tato hyevaṃ bhaviṣyati..
atra te sthātumicchāsti yadi saṃsthāsyate tviha..53..
loke nityaṃ samācāra lokasaṃsthitihetukaḥ..
saṃbhavārthamihāsa tvaṃ nijasattvaparākramaḥ..54..
yadiha tvaṃ mahājvālābhābhiḥ kalitaśobhanaḥ..
prāpsyase sarva jaṃtūnāṃ bhāsuratvamanuttamam..
na hyeṣa dharmaścaivādyo māyāmohitakāmyayā ..55..
ityukte brahmaṇā so'gniḥ prajajvāla sahasraśaḥ ..
anaṃtajvālābhi tato nānāvarṇādibhiḥ śritaḥ .. 56 ..
akārekāra ūkāro brahmā tamatha dṛṣṭavān ..
naivāsau śāmyatāṃ yāti vahnirbhūyo vyavardhata .. 57 ..
vyāptaṃ bhavāgninā sarvaṃ tiryagūrdhvamadhastathā ..

therefore, endued with that splendour, one might somehow look upon it without winking." // 44
Then the Grandfather spoke to the distinct I-kāra fire, / which had approached gazing upon Brahmā with a gentle look: // 45
"Because you came here swiftly with a gentle look, O being of great strength, / therefore I shall give you an abode pleasing to all beings. // 46
Cool of nature and cold-rayed, you shall become the moon, / exceeding all splendours, divine, gentle, supremely radiant. // 47
Stationed in trees, you will surpass all splendours with your brilliance." / Having spoken thus and dismissed it, he then summoned the U-kāra fire: // 48
"Come here, come!" Saying this, taking it up, he placed it upon his head. / Stationed there, it becomes this fifth, upward face. // 49
That U-kāra fire was established with such a form; / therefore one should point out fire and the sun as one. // 50
The supreme form of the fire of existence spoke this to Brahmā: / "Grant me too a splendid place, just as [you have done] for yourself." // 51
Brahmā said to it, "Which place pleases you, O Fire?" / The fire replied to him, "Declare a supreme place for me." // 52
"There is no fitting place for you, therefore it will be thus: / if you desire to dwell here, you will indeed abide here. // 53
The perpetual conduct in the world is the cause of the world's maintenance. / For the sake of existence, abide here with your own strength and valour. // 54
Because here, endowed with beauty by the splendour of great flames, / you will obtain unequalled radiance among all creatures; / for this first dharma is not due to desire deluded by illusion." // 55
When this was said by Brahmā, that fire blazed up a thousandfold. / Then, surrounded by endless flames of varied colours and forms, // 56
A-kāra, I-kāra, and U-kāra—Brahmā then beheld it. / That fire did not attain pacification; it increased even more. // 57
Everything was pervaded by the fire of existence, across, above, and below.