Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । मांडव्य शापमासाद्य धर्मराजः सुदुःखितः । तपस्तेपे द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थितः
sūta uvāca | māṃḍavya śāpamāsādya dharmarājaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ | tapastepe dvijaśreṣṭhāstasminkṣetre vyavasthitaḥ
সূতে ক’লে: “মাণ্ডব্যৰ শাপ লাভ কৰি ধৰ্মৰাজ অতি দুঃখিত হ’ল। হে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠসকল, তেওঁ সেই পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত স্থিত হৈ তপস্যা কৰিলে।”
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Dharmarāja, regal yet humbled, stands or sits in austerity within a sacred field—simple attire, controlled posture, prayer beads; the landscape suggests sanctity (riverbank, grove, or shrine boundary).
FAQs
When afflicted by a curse or karmic burden, steadfast tapas in a sacred environment is presented as a dharmic path of resolution.
A ‘kṣetra’ is indicated, but its name is not given in this verse fragment.
Tapas (austerity) is the stated practice; no detailed vrata, snāna, or dāna is specified here.