Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 149
विसृज्य च महादेव एक एव महातपाः । गतो दूरं वनस्यांते तथा सिद्धवटं शिवः
visṛjya ca mahādeva eka eva mahātapāḥ | gato dūraṃ vanasyāṃte tathā siddhavaṭaṃ śivaḥ
അവരെ വിടവാങ്ങിച്ച് മഹാതപസ്വിയായ മഹാദേവൻ ഒറ്റയ്ക്കായി ദൂരെയുള്ള വനാന്തത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; ഇങ്ങനെ ശിവൻ സിദ്ധവടത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Siddhavaṭa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva walks alone away from the Kailāsa retinue into a distant forest margin; a vast banyan (Siddhavaṭa) appears as a focal sacred tree, with subtle siddha presences implied.
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Sacred places and sacred trees are portrayed as supports for tapas; solitude and pilgrimage converge in the pursuit of realization.
Siddhavaṭa, a sanctified banyan-grove site associated with siddhas within the Kedārakhaṇḍa.
No explicit prescription; the narrative implies the ascetic ideal of approaching a siddha-site for meditation and austerity.