Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कश्यपो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । तपसा महता तन्वि जानीहि त्वं च भामिनि । अजेया ह्यसुराः साध्वि भृगुणा ह्यनुमोदिताः
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā kaśyapo vākyamabravīt | tapasā mahatā tanvi jānīhi tvaṃ ca bhāmini | ajeyā hyasurāḥ sādhvi bhṛguṇā hyanumoditāḥ
അവളുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് കശ്യപൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ തന്വി, ഹേ ഭാമിനി, മഹത്തായ തപസ്സിനാലേ ഇത് സാധ്യമാകൂ എന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞുകൊൾക. ഹേ സാധ്വി, ഭൃഗുവിന്റെ അനുമോദനത്താൽ അസുരർ സത്യത്തിൽ അജേയരാണ്।”
Kaśyapa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience/ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: Kaśyapa, composed and authoritative, instructs Aditi that only great tapas can resolve the crisis; behind them, the devas listen. A subtle aura suggests the invisible network of boons—Bhṛgu’s approval—shielding the asuras.
FAQs
Worldly power is overcome by inner spiritual power—tapas and disciplined dharma are presented as the decisive force.
The Kedāra setting frames the discourse, but this verse primarily teaches the principle of tapas rather than naming a tirtha.
A general prescription of “great austerity” (mahat-tapas) as the means to accomplish victory.