Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
एवमुक्त्वा ततः सोऽपि तपश्चक्रे महामुनिः । एकांतरोपवासस्तु स्थितो वर्षशतं मुनिः । षष्ठान्नकालभोजी च तावत्काले ततोऽभवत्
evamuktvā tataḥ so'pi tapaścakre mahāmuniḥ | ekāṃtaropavāsastu sthito varṣaśataṃ muniḥ | ṣaṣṭhānnakālabhojī ca tāvatkāle tato'bhavat
فلما قال ذلك شرع ذلك الحكيم العظيم في التنسّك. فأقام الموني مئة سنة على صيام يومٍ وإفطار يوم؛ ثم لمدّةٍ مساوية عاش لا يأكل إلا عند فاصل الوجبة السادسة، بعد فتراتٍ طويلةٍ من الانضباط.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solitary mahāmuni in a forested tīrtha precinct, seated in padmāsana, counting days of alternate fasting; sparse hut, kusa grass, water pot, and a calm riverbank or sacred grove implied.
FAQs
Long, regulated austerity—performed with steadiness—prepares the seeker for sacred revelation.
The austerity is undertaken to reveal Hāṭakeśvara, the tīrtha-deity central to this chapter’s māhātmya.
Ekāntaropavāsa (alternate-day fasting) and a strict regulated eating schedule (ṣaṣṭhānnakālabhojī) are described.