Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42
अहो नः सुमहाभाग्यमहो नस्तपसः फलम् । केनाप्यनेन वीरेण मृताः संजीविताः खलु
aho naḥ sumahābhāgyamaho nastapasaḥ phalam | kenāpyanena vīreṇa mṛtāḥ saṃjīvitāḥ khalu
«Ah ! quelle grande fortune est la nôtre ; ah ! voici le fruit de nos austérités ! Par ce héros, même ceux qui étaient comme morts ont été véritablement rendus à la vie.»
Narrator reporting the people’s/executives’ exclamations (context not specified in snippet)
Scene: Survivors and leaders, once despairing, now raise hands in exclamation; some embrace, some bow toward the heroic youth, as if life has returned to the ‘dead’—faces bright with gratitude.
FAQs
Tapas (austerity) bears fruit as protection and renewal of life, manifesting through divinely empowered agency.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; the verse praises tapas as a source of merit and protection.