Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
ध्यायमानो दिवानक्तं देवदेवं पितामहम् । वायुभक्षस्ततो जज्ञे तावत्कालं द्विजोत्तमाः
dhyāyamāno divānaktaṃ devadevaṃ pitāmaham | vāyubhakṣastato jajñe tāvatkālaṃ dvijottamāḥ
તે દેવોના દેવ પિતામહનું દિવસ-રાત ધ્યાન કરતો રહ્યો; ત્યારબાદ, હે દ્વિજોત્તમો, એટલા જ સમય સુધી તે વાયુભક્ષી બન્યો।
Narrator addressing dvijas (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lone ascetic (Andhaka) seated in unwavering meditation, day and night, emaciated yet radiant, sustained only by breath; the landscape hints at a sacred grove/riverbank tīrtha.
FAQs
Unbroken remembrance of the divine, joined to extreme restraint, is portrayed as the height of tapas.
No particular tīrtha is named in this line; the glorificatory frame is the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
Continuous meditation (divānakta-dhyāna) and severe fasting/restraint (vāyubhakṣa) are described.
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