Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46
इति प्रसाद्य देवेशं शबरी दृढनिश्चया । विवेश ज्वलितं वह्निं भस्मसादभवत्क्षणात्
iti prasādya deveśaṃ śabarī dṛḍhaniścayā | viveśa jvalitaṃ vahniṃ bhasmasādabhavatkṣaṇāt
ഇങ്ങനെ ദേവേശനെ പ്രസാദിപ്പിച്ച്, ദൃഢനിശ്ചയമുള്ള ശബരി ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന അഗ്നിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ ഭസ്മമായി.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: Śabarī, steadfast and composed, stands before a roaring sacrificial-like fire; after offering prayers to Deveśa, she steps into the flames, which flare and then settle, leaving sacred ash (bhasma) as a sign of consummated offering.
FAQs
Resolute surrender to God, performed with devotion and prayer for grace, is portrayed as spiritually transformative.
No tīrtha is identified in this verse; the focus is the act of devotion to Deveśa (Śiva).
Entry into a blazing fire is narrated as her chosen offering; it is not presented as a general injunction for all.