Shloka 15
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
ताभ्यां सह मया यातं कैलासतटमुत्तमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मुनिः कश्चित्तपसातिकृशाकृतिः ॥
tābhyāṃ saha mayā yātaṃ kailāsataṭam uttamam / tatra dṛṣṭo muniḥ kaścit tapasātikṛśākṛtiḥ
उन दोनों के साथ मैं कैलास के श्रेष्ठ प्रदेश में गया। वहाँ हमने एक मुनि को देखा, जिसका शरीर तपस्या से अत्यन्त कृश हो गया था।
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FAQs
Tapas is presented as a real potency; the ascetic’s frailty is not weakness but the visible mark of concentrated spiritual power—warranting reverence and restraint.
Ākhyāna episode; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara, but typical puranic moral narration about the force of tapas and consequences.
Kailāsa functions as a ‘high-frequency’ sacred space: ordinary social behavior is tested there. The emaciated body signifies ego-thinning; disrespect toward such a state invites karmic recoil.