Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
स दृष्ट्वा भार्यया सार्धं पुत्रं तपसि संस्थितम् । तुतोष प्रथमं तावत्पश्चादुःखसमन्वितः
sa dṛṣṭvā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ putraṃ tapasi saṃsthitam | tutoṣa prathamaṃ tāvatpaścāduḥkhasamanvitaḥ
Voyant son fils, avec son épouse, demeurer ferme dans l’austérité, il se réjouit d’abord; puis, ensuite, il fut envahi de chagrin.
Narrative voice
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gautama beholds his son and daughter-in-law engaged in austerity; his face shifts from pleased serenity to worried sorrow, hands moving from blessing gesture to contemplative clasp.
FAQs
Tapas inspires reverence, yet dharma also includes compassion for the body and wellbeing of loved ones.
The sacred setting remains the Hāṭakeśvara-associated tīrtha within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No direct prescription; it describes the state of being established in tapas.