Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
यत्र त्वया तपस्तप्तं भीत्या सर्वदिवौकसाम् । अपि चौर्येण चास्माकं तपस्तपति तादृशम्
yatra tvayā tapastaptaṃ bhītyā sarvadivaukasām | api cauryeṇa cāsmākaṃ tapastapati tādṛśam
നിന്റെ തപസ്സാൽ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും ഭയപ്പെട്ട ആ സ്ഥലത്തുതന്നെ, നിന്റെ മോഷണകൃത്യം മൂലം ഞങ്ങളോടും അത്തരം തപസ്സിന്റെ ദാഹം പടരുന്നു.
Unspecified (contextual dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense exchange: unseen or semi-visible devas/guardians speak of fear caused by the sage’s tapas, and of a theft that now ‘burns’ as a retaliatory force; the kṣetra air shimmers with heat-like radiance.
FAQs
Tapas gains power, but adharma such as theft can turn that same power into suffering and conflict; purity of conduct safeguards spiritual merit.
The verse is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single line.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a moral assertion about the consequences of caurya (theft) versus tapas.