Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं विश्वामित्रो रुषान्वितः । पितामहमुवाचेदं पश्य मे तपसो बलम्
| sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ viśvāmitro ruṣānvitaḥ | pitāmahamuvācedaṃ paśya me tapaso balam
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ക്രോധം നിറഞ്ഞ വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ പിതാമഹനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“എന്റെ തപസ്സിന്റെ ബലം കാണുക!”
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates; Viśvāmitra, eyes blazing with wrath, addresses Brahmā (Pitāmaha) in a celestial assembly, declaring the might of his austerities.
FAQs
It dramatizes the tension between cosmic order and ascetic power, a recurring Purāṇic theme.
This line advances the story; it does not itself name a particular tīrtha.
None explicitly; the verse introduces Viśvāmitra’s reliance on tapas (austerity) as spiritual force.