Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
किं तु तत्तपसा साध्यं मन्येहं सुरसंगमम् । तस्मादादौ करिष्यामि तपो घोरं दनोः सुताः
kiṃ tu tattapasā sādhyaṃ manyehaṃ surasaṃgamam | tasmādādau kariṣyāmi tapo ghoraṃ danoḥ sutāḥ
কিন্তু মই ভাবোঁ যে দেৱলোকৰ সঙ্গম তপস্যাৰ দ্বাৰাই সিদ্ধ হয়। সেয়ে প্ৰথমে মই ঘোৰ তপ কৰিম—হে দনুৰ পুত্ৰসকল।
Tāraka
Listener: Audience/ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: An Asura leader addressing the sons of Danu, declaring that severe tapas is the gateway to meeting/overcoming the gods; a tense council scene before departure to the wilderness.
FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a potent spiritual force; Purāṇic dharma cautions that the intention behind austerity determines whether its fruits uplift or destroy.
No tīrtha is named; the verse introduces the motif of austerity for attaining power.
Tapas (austerity) is mentioned generally, without a specific vrata, mantra, or tīrtha-procedure.