Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20
क्षीणदेहस्तु तिष्ठामि ह्यशक्तोऽहं महाव्रते । तेन शोचामि चात्मानं रहस्यं कथितं मया
kṣīṇadehastu tiṣṭhāmi hyaśakto'haṃ mahāvrate | tena śocāmi cātmānaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
দেহ ক্ষীণ হৈ পৰিলেও মই থিয় হৈ আছোঁ; এই মহাব্ৰতত মই অক্ষম। সেয়ে মই নিজৰ বাবে শোক কৰোঁ—এই গোপন কথা মই তোমাক কৈ দিলোঁ।
Atri
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Anasūyā (implied by immediate next verse)
Scene: An ascetic or vow-keeper stands weakened, body emaciated, leaning slightly, confessing a secret with downcast eyes; a quiet hermitage by a sacred river is implied.
FAQs
Even great ascetic effort meets human limits; acknowledging weakness truthfully becomes the doorway to wiser dharmic guidance.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
No new prescription is given; it references ongoing mahāvrata (a major vow/observance).