Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
या स्थावरं जंगममाशु विश्वं व्याप्य स्थिता या प्रकृतेः पुरापि । स्पृहादिरूपेण च तृप्तिदात्री देवे प्रसुप्ते तपसाऽप शुद्धिम्
yā sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamamāśu viśvaṃ vyāpya sthitā yā prakṛteḥ purāpi | spṛhādirūpeṇa ca tṛptidātrī deve prasupte tapasā'pa śuddhim
Elle qui pénètre et demeure dans l’univers entier—l’immobile comme le mobile—; elle qui existait déjà avant même la Prakṛti manifestée; et qui, sous des formes telles que le désir ardent, accorde la satiété : lorsque le Deva reposait endormi, par l’austérité elle ôta l’impureté.
Gālava (continuing; verse-style praise)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: the Devi’s subtle presence permeates mountains, forests, animals, and humans (still and moving). In the background, a great Deva lies in yogic sleep; in the foreground, the Devi performs tapas, and a dark haze of impurity dissipates into clear light.
FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a purifying force powerful enough to cleanse cosmic impurity, modeled by the all-pervading Devī.
The passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography discourse.
Tapas for purification (śuddhi) is explicitly indicated.