Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
लोहासुर उवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश वरमेकं वृणोम्यहम् । शरीरस्याजरत्वं च मा मृत्योरपि मे भयम्
lohāsura uvāca | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham | śarīrasyājaratvaṃ ca mā mṛtyorapi me bhayam
લોહાસુર બોલ્યો—હે દેવેશ! જો તમે પ્રસન્ન હો તો હું એક જ વર માગું છું. મારું શરીર અજર રહે અને મૃત્યુનો પણ મને ભય ન રહે.
Lohāsura
Scene: Lohāsura, hands folded, stands before Śiva requesting freedom from old age and fear of death; Śiva is calm, ash-smeared, with trident, granting audience.
FAQs
Even intense austerity can be directed toward worldly invulnerability; Purāṇic dharma warns that boons without dharmic intent often lead to downfall.
The wider passage belongs to the Dharmāraṇya setting; this verse itself focuses on the boon-request rather than a named tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the context implies tapas (austerity) as the means of obtaining boons.
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