Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
लोहासुर उवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश वरमेकं वृणोम्यहम् । शरीरस्याजरत्वं च मा मृत्योरपि मे भयम्
lohāsura uvāca | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham | śarīrasyājaratvaṃ ca mā mṛtyorapi me bhayam
قال لوهاسورا: «إن كنتَ راضياً، يا ربَّ الآلهة، فإني أختار نعمةً واحدة: أن يكون جسدي غيرَ خاضعٍ للشيخوخة، وألا يكون لي خوفٌ حتى من الموت».
Lohāsura
Scene: Lohāsura, hands folded, stands before Śiva requesting freedom from old age and fear of death; Śiva is calm, ash-smeared, with trident, granting audience.
FAQs
Even intense austerity can be directed toward worldly invulnerability; Purāṇic dharma warns that boons without dharmic intent often lead to downfall.
The wider passage belongs to the Dharmāraṇya setting; this verse itself focuses on the boon-request rather than a named tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the context implies tapas (austerity) as the means of obtaining boons.