Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
योगयुक्तौ महात्मानावास्थितावुरुतापसौ । तयोस्तपःप्रभावेण न तताप दिवाकरः
yogayuktau mahātmānāvāsthitāvurutāpasau | tayostapaḥprabhāveṇa na tatāpa divākaraḥ
യോഗത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതരായ ആ രണ്ടു മഹാത്മ തപസ്വികൾ അചഞ്ചലമായി നിന്നു; അവരുടെ തപഃപ്രഭാവം മൂലം സൂര്യനും ദഹിപ്പിച്ചില്ല.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narration)
Tirtha: Gandhamādana (tapas-sthāna)
Type: peak
Scene: The two ascetics radiate heatless brilliance; above them the sun appears dimmed or softened, its rays gentle, as if bowing to their tapas.
FAQs
Inner discipline (yoga and tapas) is depicted as spiritually potent enough to harmonize even the forces of nature.
The narrative context remains Gandhamādana, sanctified by the yoga-austerity of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
No explicit ritual; the implied practice is sustained yoga and austerity.