Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
तमेवाराधयिष्यामि निरंजनमकल्मषः । एवं कृत्वा मतिं दैत्य स्तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम् । भीतो जन्मभयाद्घोराद्दुष्करं यन्महात्मभिः
tamevārādhayiṣyāmi niraṃjanamakalmaṣaḥ | evaṃ kṛtvā matiṃ daitya stapastepe suduṣkaram | bhīto janmabhayādghorādduṣkaraṃ yanmahātmabhiḥ
“ഞാൻ ആ നിരഞ്ജനനും മലിനതാരഹിതനുമായ പ്രഭുവിനെയേ ആരാധിക്കും।” എന്ന് നിശ്ചയിച്ച്, ആ ദൈത്യൻ ഭയങ്കര പുനർജന്മഭയത്തിൽ ഭീതനായി അത്യന്തം ദുഷ്കരമായ തപസ്സിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു—മഹാത്മാക്കൾക്കും കഠിനമായത്।
Lohāsura (resolve) within Sūta’s narration
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Daitya, humbled and earnest, folds hands and inwardly resolves to worship only the stainless Lord; the atmosphere is austere, with a forest hermitage setting and a sense of existential dread transformed into devotion.
FAQs
Fear of saṃsāra can mature into single-pointed devotion; liberation-oriented worship (of the ‘stainless’ Lord) is upheld as the highest aim.
No particular site is cited; the emphasis is on inner motivation (release from birth-fear) and devotion to the supreme Lord.
Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) and rigorous tapas are indicated, but without a named vrata or detailed procedure.