Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
नारद उवाच । सत्यमेतत्पुरा पार्थ भवस्येदं मनीषितम् । अतप्ततपसा योगो न कर्तव्यो मयाऽनया
nārada uvāca | satyametatpurā pārtha bhavasyedaṃ manīṣitam | ataptatapasā yogo na kartavyo mayā'nayā
ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ, ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ. ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಭವನು (ಶಿವನು) ಇಂತೆಂದು ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿದ್ದನು—‘ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡದ ಅವಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಯೋಗ/ಸಂಯೋಗ ಮಾಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.’
Nārada
Tirtha: Kailāsa (contextual)
Type: peak
Listener: Pārtha (a prince; as addressed in the verse)
Scene: Nārada narrates Śiva’s ancient resolve: no union with Umā without prior tapas; Śiva shown as yogin, calm and immovable, with Nārada as messenger-sage.
FAQs
Purity and readiness—achieved through tapas—are prerequisites for sacred union and higher purposes.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a doctrinal statement within the narrative.
Tapas (austerity) is prescribed implicitly as a necessary discipline before ‘yoga’ (union).