Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
यत्र तप्त्वा तपो मर्त्या यथेप्सितमवाप्नुयुः । श्रीमहादेवमासाद्य भक्तो यद्वन्मनोरथम्
yatra taptvā tapo martyā yathepsitamavāpnuyuḥ | śrīmahādevamāsādya bhakto yadvanmanoratham
അവിടെ മനുഷ്യർ തപസ്സു ചെയ്ത് ഇഷ്ടഫലം നേടുന്നു—അതുപോലെ ഭക്തൻ ശ്രീമഹാദേവനെ ശരണം പ്രാപിച്ച് ഹൃദയത്തിലെ പ്രിയ മനോരഥം കൈവരിക്കുന്നു।
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: Ascetics performing tapas in a sanctified grove—fireless austerity, meditation, japa—while an unseen Mahādeva’s presence is felt as a luminous, benevolent force granting inner and outer fulfillment.
FAQs
Tapas and bhakti converge: sincere austerity in a sacred place, aligned to Śiva-devotion, yields desired fruits and inner fulfillment.
Raivata Giri is implied as the holy locale where austerities bear powerful results, under the grace of Mahādeva.
Tapas (austerity) is recommended implicitly; the verse frames it as especially fruitful when oriented toward Śrī Mahādeva.