Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
गच्छ शीघ्रं महाभागे जाबालिर्यत्र तिष्ठति । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तपोविघ्नाय तस्य वै
gaccha śīghraṃ mahābhāge jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tapovighnāya tasya vai
हे महाभागे, जाबाली जिथे राहतो त्या हाटकेश्वर क्षेत्रात लवकर जा, त्याच्या तपात विघ्न घालण्यासाठी।
Devas (addressing Rambhā; Indra included)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra’s directive: ‘Go quickly’—Rambhā is pointed toward the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region where sage Jābāli resides; the scene juxtaposes celestial command with the distant forest hermitage near a Śiva shrine.
FAQs
The higher the tapas, the sharper the trials—one must guard one’s vow even at powerful tīrthas.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, explicitly named as the locus of Jābāli’s austerities.
None as a prescription for devotees; the verse narrates an attempted obstruction of tapas.