Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
अङ्गारकेण राजेन्द्र पुरा तप्तं तपः किल । अर्बुदं च निखर्वं च प्रयुतं वर्षसंख्यया
aṅgārakeṇa rājendra purā taptaṃ tapaḥ kila | arbudaṃ ca nikharvaṃ ca prayutaṃ varṣasaṃkhyayā
ഹേ രാജേന്ദ്രാ, പുരാതനകാലത്ത് അങ്കാരകൻ അവിടെ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തുവെന്ന് പറയുന്നു—വർഷസംഖ്യയായി അർബുദം, നിഖർവം, പ്രയുതം വരെ അതിദീർഘകാലം।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Aṅgāraka Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: Aṅgāraka as a red-hued ascetic performing severe austerities on the Narmadā bank for unimaginably long ages; sun and moon cycle overhead, seasons turning, while the river remains witness.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is grounded in tapas—sites sanctified by extraordinary austerities become enduring reservoirs of merit.
Aṅgāraka Tīrtha (contextually on the Narmadā bank).
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse supplies the sanctifying backstory of Aṅgāraka’s tapas.