Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तप उग्रं समास्थाय वर्तंते हिमपर्वते । आनर्ताधिपतेर्दानाद्भीतास्तत्र समागताः
tapa ugraṃ samāsthāya vartaṃte himaparvate | ānartādhipaterdānādbhītāstatra samāgatāḥ
ते उग्र तपश्चर्या स्वीकारून हिमालय पर्वतावर वास करतात। आनर्ताधिपतीच्या दानामुळे (आणि प्रभावामुळे) भयभीत होऊन ते तेथे एकत्र जमले।
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue narration)
Type: peak
Scene: A group of austere brāhmaṇas practicing fierce tapas on the Himalaya; they gather together, alarmed by the gifts/authority of the lord of Ānarta.
FAQs
Puranic tīrtha sections often ground ritual merit in narrative: tapas, royal power, and fear drive beings toward sanctified refuges.
Indirectly, the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context; the verse itself references the Himālaya as a setting.
No direct prescription; it introduces a narrative backdrop involving tapas and dāna.