Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
एवं सा निश्चयं कृत्वा तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम् । दर्शनार्थं हि देवस्य पातालनिलयस्य च
evaṃ sā niścayaṃ kṛtvā tapastepe suduṣkaram | darśanārthaṃ hi devasya pātālanilayasya ca
ഇങ്ങനെ നിശ്ചയം ചെയ്ത്, പാതാളനിലയനായ ആ ദേവന്റെ ദർശനാർത്ഥം അവൾ അത്യന്തം ദുഷ്കരമായ തപസ്സു അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।
Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: After making her resolve, the ascetic woman performs severe tapas near the shrine; beneath, hinted serpentine/underworld motifs suggest the deity’s Pātāla abode, creating a layered cosmos in one frame.
FAQs
Spiritual goals are fulfilled through determined effort; darśana is portrayed as a fruit of unwavering resolve and tapas.
The passage points toward the Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex, described with a Pātāla-associated presence.
Undertaking severe tapas specifically aimed at divine darśana.