Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
आवाभ्यां तत्प्रसादेन सोढमेतत्सुदुःसहम् । न करोति शरीरार्ति तथान्यदपि कुत्सितम्
āvābhyāṃ tatprasādena soḍhametatsuduḥsaham | na karoti śarīrārti tathānyadapi kutsitam
তাঁৰ কৃপাৰে আমি দুয়ো এই অতি দুৰসহ তেজ সহিলোঁ। ই আমাৰ দেহত যন্ত্ৰণা নকৰে, নাহে আন কোনো ক্ষতিকৰ ক্লেশ।
Garuḍa (explaining immunity by divine grace, with Nārada present)
Tirtha: Janārdana-śayana-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two devotees stand calmly within a blazing aura, unharmed, hands in reverence; the radiance is intense yet softened around them by a protective halo of grace.
FAQs
Grace (prasāda) makes the unbearable bearable; spiritual power is approached safely through divine favor, not ego.
The locale of Janārdana’s jalaśayana where intense Vaiṣṇava tejas is experienced.
No formal rite; the teaching emphasizes reliance on prasāda and fitness before approaching the sacred.