Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि तपसे स्थानमुत्तमम् । यस्य पारं न जानंति देवता मुनयो नराः
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi tapase sthānamuttamam | yasya pāraṃ na jānaṃti devatā munayo narāḥ
«ماذا أفعل؟ وإلى أين أمضي—إلى أي مقامٍ أسمى للتقشف—لا يعرف منتهاه حتى الآلهة ولا الحكماء ولا الناس؟»
Lohāsura (as quoted within Sūta’s narration)
Listener: Ṛṣis (forest-assembly)
Scene: Lohāsura speaks aloud in solitude, palms slightly open in questioning; the cosmos seems vast around him—stars, distant mountains/forests—signifying the ‘unknown limit’ of the tapas-dhāma.
FAQs
True renunciation expresses itself as inquiry: the seeker looks for the highest discipline and the transcendent reality beyond ordinary knowledge.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes the search for the ‘uttama sthāna’ for tapas in a general, aspirational sense.
Tapas (austerity) is the implied discipline, though no specific vrata or procedure is detailed here.