Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 157
तमानयामि चात्रैव तपसा केवलेन हि । तपोबलेन महता सुसेव्यो हि सदाशिवः
tamānayāmi cātraiva tapasā kevalena hi | tapobalena mahatā susevyo hi sadāśivaḥ
ഇവിടെയേ തന്നെ വെറും തപസ്സുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ അവനെ (എന്റെ അടുക്കൽ) വരുത്തും. മഹത്തായ തപോബലത്തോടെ സദാശിവൻ നിശ്ചയം സുസേവ്യനും പ്രസാദ്യനും ആകുന്നു.
Pārvatī (as quoted within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrim audience
Scene: A determined sādhikā/sādhaka declares that by pure austerity here itself the Lord will be drawn near; the scene centers on intense meditation amid snow peaks, with a subtle vision of Sadāśiva appearing.
FAQs
Tapas generates spiritual power (tapo-bala) that makes divine communion possible; sincere discipline is itself worship.
Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan sanctity is implied: the very place of tapas becomes a spiritual magnet for Sadāśiva’s presence.
Tapas alone is prescribed as the means of propitiation and attainment.