Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
सूत उवाच । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय तत्र कृत्वावसत्तपः । प्राप्तश्च परमां सिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि
sūta uvāca | sa tatheti pratijñāya tatra kṛtvāvasattapaḥ | prāptaśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi
Sūta sprach: 'Er stimmte zu und sagte "So sei es", und nachdem er dort seinen Wohnsitz genommen hatte, übte er Entsagung. Er erlangte die höchste spirituelle Vollendung, die selbst für die Götter schwer zu erreichen ist.'
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates: the person promises compliance, settles in the kṣetra, performs austerities, and attains supreme siddhi beyond even the gods’ reach.
FAQs
Austerity performed with resolve at a sanctified place yields extraordinary spiritual fruition, surpassing even celestial attainments.
The ‘there’ refers to the kṣetra being narrated in Adhyāya 37; subsequent verses connect it with a famed shrine and liṅga.
Residence at the holy place and performance of tapas (austerities).