Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
द्वादशाहात्तथा चान्ये अन्ये मासार्धभोजनाः । दर्शे दर्शे तथा चान्ये अन्ये शैवालभोजनाः
dvādaśāhāttathā cānye anye māsārdhabhojanāḥ | darśe darśe tathā cānye anye śaivālabhojanāḥ
ಕೆಲವರು ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ದಿನಗಳ ನಂತರ ಮಾತ್ರ ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು; ಕೆಲವರು ಅರ್ಧಮಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಒಮ್ಮೆ. ಕೆಲವರು ಪ್ರತಿದರ್ಶದಲ್ಲಿ (ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ) ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು; ಮತ್ತ ಕೆಲವರು ಶೈವಾಲಾದಿ ಜಲಸಸ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಜೀವನ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (upavāsa-tapas tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Ascetics with lean frames and serene faces; one marks days on a string of knots (12-day cycle), another waits for half-month; a new-moon (darśa) night scene with a thin crescent absent and dark sky; some gather river algae/water-plants in a humble bowl near the river edge.
FAQs
Austerity through measured food and fasting is presented as a dharmic means to mastery over the senses.
The Revā Khaṇḍa āśrama region where such tapas is practiced.
Long-interval eating (12 days, half-month), darśa-based eating, and subsistence on śaivāla are described.