Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं विश्वामित्रो रुषान्वितः । पितामहमुवाचेदं पश्य मे तपसो बलम्
| sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ viśvāmitro ruṣānvitaḥ | pitāmahamuvācedaṃ paśya me tapaso balam
सूत बोले—ब्रह्मा के वचन सुनकर क्रोध से भरे विश्वामित्र ने पितामह से कहा—“मेरे तप का बल देखो!”
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates; Viśvāmitra, eyes blazing with wrath, addresses Brahmā (Pitāmaha) in a celestial assembly, declaring the might of his austerities.
FAQs
It dramatizes the tension between cosmic order and ascetic power, a recurring Purāṇic theme.
This line advances the story; it does not itself name a particular tīrtha.
None explicitly; the verse introduces Viśvāmitra’s reliance on tapas (austerity) as spiritual force.
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