Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
तस्याश्रमस्य दूरे स याम्यां दिशि समाश्रितः । कृत्वाश्रमपदं तत्र तस्य च्छिद्राणि चिन्तयन्
tasyāśramasya dūre sa yāmyāṃ diśi samāśritaḥ | kṛtvāśramapadaṃ tatra tasya cchidrāṇi cintayan
À distance de cet āśrama, il se retrancha vers le sud. Là, il établit un lieu d’āśrama, tout en cherchant les failles par lesquelles le frapper.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Brahmaśilā–Sarasvatī tīrtha (southern quarter episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A secondary hermitage in the southern quarter, partially hidden by trees; Viśvāmitra broods, scanning for vulnerabilities, creating a mood of covert plotting.
FAQs
Fixation on others’ ‘cchidra’ (faults) is portrayed as a decline from dharma, even when one possesses ascetic power.
The passage is within a tīrtha-glorification section, but this verse alone does not identify the tīrtha by name.
No explicit prescription; it mentions setting up an āśrama and sustained contemplation.