Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
ऋषिरुवाच । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य नृत्येन महता विभो । यथा न स्यात्तपोहानिस्तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम्
ṛṣiruvāca | prasādāddevadevasya nṛtyena mahatā vibho | yathā na syāttapohānistathā nītirvidhīyatām
仙人は言った。「おお大いなる御方よ。神々の神の御加護により、私は壮大に舞った。どうか我が苦行（タパス）が損なわれぬよう、正しい方策を定め給え。」
Ṛṣi (sage)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage respectfully requests a boon not for power but for a dharmic arrangement ensuring his great dance (devotional ecstasy) does not diminish his tapas; the Lord listens as a compassionate guardian of vows.
FAQs
Even joyful spiritual experiences should be integrated with dharma so that one’s tapas and discipline are not diminished.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the interplay of grace and ascetic discipline is taught.
A request for ‘nīti’ (a prescribed method) to prevent tapo-hāni is made, but the specific method appears in the following verse.