Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
हरस्तत्राययौ साक्षाद्ब्रह्मचारिवपुर्द्धरः । वसानो वल्कलं दिव्यं रौरवाजिनसंवृतः
harastatrāyayau sākṣādbrahmacārivapurddharaḥ | vasāno valkalaṃ divyaṃ rauravājinasaṃvṛtaḥ
तेव्हा साक्षात् हर तेथे आले, ब्रह्मचारीचे रूप धारण करून। दिव्य वल्कल वस्त्र परिधान करून ते रौरव मृगचर्माने आच्छादित होते।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva arrives personally as a youthful brahmacārin: serene face, matted or neatly bound hair, wearing divine bark-cloth and a raurava skin; he steps into the tapas-grove with quiet authority.
FAQs
Divine response follows sincere austerity; God may appear in testing or teaching forms to guide the devotee.
The setting is the sacred Himalayan region where Pārvatī performs tapas; no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.
No prescription; it describes Śiva’s ascetic appearance (brahmacārin, bark-cloth, deerskin) consistent with tapas culture.