Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
मांसस्याग्नौ जुहावैव ततो निर्मांसतां गतः । ततो निर्मांसदेहः स तपोराशिरजायत
māṃsasyāgnau juhāvaiva tato nirmāṃsatāṃ gataḥ | tato nirmāṃsadehaḥ sa taporāśirajāyata
त्याने आपले मांस अग्नीत आहुती म्हणून अर्पण केले आणि तो निर्मांस झाला. मग निर्मांस देहाने तो जणू तपस्येचा साक्षात् ढीग—तपोराशी—बनला।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark scene: the ascetic-daitya, skeletal and fleshless, feeds strips of his own flesh into a blazing fire; the flames rise unnaturally, and his body appears as a rigid pillar of tapas, eyes fixed, unmoved by pain.
FAQs
Austerity is portrayed as transformative and fearsome in power; the narrative prepares for divine intervention to restore order.
The ascetic cave-region on Mount Pāriyātra remains the implied sacred setting.
An offering into fire is described in narrative form; it is not framed as a normative dharma rule for general practice.