Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
श्रीशुकदेव उवाच । भावेन भावितमहातपसां मुनीनां तिष्ठन्ति तावदखिलानि तपःफलानि । यत्ते निकाशशरणाः पुरुषा न जातु पश्यंत्यसज्जनमुखानि सुखं तदेव
śrīśukadeva uvāca | bhāvena bhāvitamahātapasāṃ munīnāṃ tiṣṭhanti tāvadakhilāni tapaḥphalāni | yatte nikāśaśaraṇāḥ puruṣā na jātu paśyaṃtyasajjanamukhāni sukhaṃ tadeva
Śrī Śukadeva dit : Tant que les grands ascètes et les sages demeurent intérieurement imprégnés de l’intention sacrée (bhāva), tous les fruits de leurs austérités restent solidement établis. En vérité, telle est ta joie : que ceux qui se réfugient dans le discernement pur n’aient jamais à voir le visage des méchants.
Śrī Śukadeva
Scene: Śukadeva teaches that tapas-fruits remain with sages sustained by bhāva; a serene assembly of munis radiates inner light, while in the distance shadowy figures of the wicked are turned away from, symbolizing protective discernment.
FAQs
The fruit of austerity is protected by pure inner disposition (bhāva), and true well-being includes avoiding the company/vision of the wicked.
This verse functions as general dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; no single tīrtha-name is explicitly stated in the shloka.
No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; the emphasis is on inner purity and right association.