Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
स्वयमीशानरुद्रार्क वसूनां पदमाददे । तत्साध्वसाद्विमुक्तानि तपांस्यति तपस्विभिः
svayamīśānarudrārka vasūnāṃ padamādade | tatsādhvasādvimuktāni tapāṃsyati tapasvibhiḥ
അവൻ ഈശാനൻ, രുദ്രൻ, സൂര്യൻ, വസുക്കൾ എന്നിവരുടെ സ്ഥാനങ്ങളും സ്വയം കൈവശപ്പെടുത്തി; അവന്റെ ഭയത്താൽ തപസ്വികൾ തങ്ങളുടെ തപസ്സുകളും നിയമങ്ങളും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു പിന്മാറി।
Skanda
Listener: Agastya
Scene: The daitya seizes the stations of Īśāna, Rudra, the Sun, and the Vasus; terrified ascetics abandon their austerities and withdraw from their disciplines.
FAQs
When adharma dominates, even sacred disciplines falter—hence protection of dharma is essential for spiritual life.
The passage is within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī’s sacred narrative field), but the verse focuses on cosmic offices and ascetic practice rather than a named tīrtha.
No positive prescription; it notes the abandonment of tapas due to fear.