Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
तत्राश्रमपदं कृत्वा चकार विपुलं तपः । विश्वामित्रोऽपि सामर्षस्तद्वधार्थं समागतः
tatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā cakāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ | viśvāmitro'pi sāmarṣastadvadhārthaṃ samāgataḥ
Dort errichtete er einen Āśrama und übte reichliche Askese. Auch Viśvāmitra kam dorthin, von Zorn erfüllt, in der Absicht, seinen Tod herbeizuführen.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Brahmaśilā–Sarasvatī tīrtha (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forest hermitage by the river; one sage absorbed in austerity; Viśvāmitra arrives with stern, wrathful bearing, suggesting impending confrontation.
FAQs
Tapas is powerful, but when driven by anger and hostility it becomes spiritually dangerous and contrary to dharma.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single śloka.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it references establishing an āśrama and performing tapas.