Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
सूत उवाच । इत्युक्तस्तेन योगीशो घोरेण वनचारिणा । भूयोपि भस्ममाहात्म्यं वर्णयामास तत्त्ववित्
sūta uvāca | ityuktastena yogīśo ghoreṇa vanacāriṇā | bhūyopi bhasmamāhātmyaṃ varṇayāmāsa tattvavit
সূত ক’লে: সেই ভয়ংকৰ বনবাসী তপস্বীৰ কথাত, যোগীশ্বৰ—তত্ত্ববিত—পুনৰায় পবিত্ৰ ভস্মৰ মাহাত্ম্য বৰ্ণনা কৰিলে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)
Listener: Muni assembly (Naimiṣāraṇya sages)
Scene: Sūta narrates: a formidable forest ascetic questions; the yogīśa, serene and radiant, begins again to expound bhasma’s glory—ash bowl, sacred fire, and disciples listening.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are repeated for the benefit of seekers; the tradition preserves doctrine through narrator-to-sage transmission.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it introduces continued praise of bhasma as a Shaiva sanctifier.
Implicitly, the topic is bhasma-māhātmya (the sanctity and use of sacred ash), though no specific procedure is detailed in this line.