Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
स्वयमीशानरुद्रार्क वसूनां पदमाददे । तत्साध्वसाद्विमुक्तानि तपांस्यति तपस्विभिः
svayamīśānarudrārka vasūnāṃ padamādade | tatsādhvasādvimuktāni tapāṃsyati tapasvibhiḥ
គាត់បានដណ្ដើមយកតំណែងរបស់ ឥសានៈ រុទ្រៈ ព្រះអាទិត្យ និងវសុទាំងឡាយ មកជាកម្មសិទ្ធិខ្លួន។ ដោយសារភ័យខ្លាចគាត់ ពួកតបស្វីបានបោះបង់តបៈ ហើយដកខ្លួនចេញពីវិន័យសាធនា។
Skanda
Listener: Agastya
Scene: The daitya seizes the stations of Īśāna, Rudra, the Sun, and the Vasus; terrified ascetics abandon their austerities and withdraw from their disciplines.
FAQs
When adharma dominates, even sacred disciplines falter—hence protection of dharma is essential for spiritual life.
The passage is within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī’s sacred narrative field), but the verse focuses on cosmic offices and ascetic practice rather than a named tīrtha.
No positive prescription; it notes the abandonment of tapas due to fear.