Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
तदा सर्वे वनमपि भूकांडजमभूत्पुनः । गणास्ते तप आतस्थुर्दृष्ट्वा कान्तिंवसन्तजाम्
tadā sarve vanamapi bhūkāṃḍajamabhūtpunaḥ | gaṇāste tapa ātasthurdṛṣṭvā kāntiṃvasantajām
Alors même toute la forêt sembla renaître, comme jaillie de nouveau de la terre ; et ces Gaṇas, voyant une splendeur née comme du printemps, se tinrent fermes dans l’austérité.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A forest suddenly looks freshly sprung from the earth—lush, bright, and spring-radiant; gaṇas, now composed, sit or stand in austerity amid the renewed greenery.
FAQs
When austerity is embraced, both the practitioner and the surrounding sacred environment are depicted as renewed and illumined.
The passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but the particular tīrtha is not explicitly named in this verse.
Undertaking tapas—standing firm in disciplined practice—is the implied prescription.