Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52
त्वया यथा तपस्तप्तमिदानीं मुनिसत्तम । तथा तप्तं तपस्तेन धर्मेण हरसेविना
tvayā yathā tapastaptamidānīṃ munisattama | tathā taptaṃ tapastena dharmeṇa harasevinā
ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! നീ ഇപ്പോൾ ചെയ്തതുപോലെ, ഹരസേവകനായ ആ ധർമ്മനും ഇവിടെ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു।
Hari (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Muni-sattama (explicit)
Scene: A narrator gestures to the same spot where a present sage performs austerity, overlaying a visionary image of Dharma performing identical tapas, both oriented toward Śiva.
FAQs
A tīrtha carries a lineage of austerity—one’s present practice is strengthened by the precedent of earlier holy exemplars.
Dharmapuṣkariṇī and its bank, renowned for tapas performed by Dharma and later seekers.
Tapas at the tīrtha, following the example of Dharma, the devotee of Hara.