Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
एवं त्वयुतव वर्षाणि स समतीतानि वै मुनेः । अथ तत्तपसा तुष्टो भगवान्कमलापतिः
evaṃ tvayutava varṣāṇi sa samatītāni vai muneḥ | atha tattapasā tuṣṭo bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ മുനിക്കു പത്തായിരം വർഷങ്ങൾ കഴിഞ്ഞു. തുടർന്ന് ആ തപസ്സിൽ തൃപ്തനായ കമലാപതി ഭഗവാൻ പ്രസന്നനായി.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: assembled sages/śaunaka-group (frame typical)
Scene: A lone sage in prolonged austerity at Setu’s shore—wind, salt-spray, and sacred sands—while the unseen presence of Kamalāpati becomes palpably near, suggesting imminent epiphany.
FAQs
Sincere, sustained discipline culminates in īśvara-prasāda—divine pleasure and grace.
Setukṣetra’s Mahātmya setting frames the narrative of tapas leading to Viṣṇu’s favor.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes tapas as the cause for the Lord’s satisfaction.