Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
चांद्रायणैस्तथा कृच्छ्रैः पाराकैर्द्विजसत्तमाः । तथा मासोपवासैश्च तोषयामास शंकरम्
cāṃdrāyaṇaistathā kṛcchraiḥ pārākairdvijasattamāḥ | tathā māsopavāsaiśca toṣayāmāsa śaṃkaram
ដោយការអនុវត្តចន្ទ្រាយណៈ ក៏ដូចជាក្រឹច្ឆ្រ និងបារាកៈដ៏តឹងរឹង ហើយដោយការអត់អាហាររយៈមួយខែផងដែរ ព្រះទ្វិជសត្តមៈ (អ្នកកើតពីរដងដ៏ប្រសើរ) បានធ្វើឲ្យព្រះសង្ករៈ (ព្រះសិវៈ) ពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A twice-born ascetic/devotee performs severe vratas—cāndrāyaṇa, kṛcchra, pārāka, and month-long fasts—directed toward pleasing Śaṅkara; imagery of restraint and endurance.
FAQs
Disciplined austerity, undertaken within dharma, is portrayed as a direct means to win Śiva’s satisfaction.
The austerities are performed in the same sacred kṣetra (Camatkārapura) highlighted in this adhyāya.
Cāndrāyaṇa, Kṛcchra, Pārāka penances, and māsopavāsa (month-long fasting) are explicitly named.