Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
पश्य पश्य महादेव धूमाशी तिष्ठते नरः । प्रसीद तं कुरुष्वाद्य देहि शीघ्रं वरं विभो
paśya paśya mahādeva dhūmāśī tiṣṭhate naraḥ | prasīda taṃ kuruṣvādya dehi śīghraṃ varaṃ vibho
“पहा, पहा, हे महादेव! हा नर धूरच आहार मानून येथे उभा आहे. हे विभो, आज त्याच्यावर प्रसन्न व्हा आणि लवकर वर द्या.”
Pārvatī (inferred from immediate narrative context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-taṭa (implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: Umā points toward the smoke-fed tapasvin, urging Mahādeva to look and grant a boon; Śiva stands composed, listening. The tapasvin remains inverted amid smoke, river shimmering nearby.
FAQs
Compassionate intercession and divine mercy respond to sincere tapas, even when the austerity is extreme.
The broader Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape is implied; no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
An austerity is described—subsisting on smoke (dhūmāśī)—but no formal rite like snāna or dāna is specified.