Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
तपश्चचार विपुलं सर्वविघ्नविवर्जितम् । ब्राह्मण्यं च ततः प्राप्तं सर्वेषामपि दुर्लभम् ओ
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ sarvavighnavivarjitam | brāhmaṇyaṃ ca tataḥ prāptaṃ sarveṣāmapi durlabham o
मग त्याने सर्व विघ्नांपासून मुक्त असे विपुल तप केले; आणि नंतर सर्वांनाही दुर्लभ असे ब्राह्मण्य (आध्यात्मिक पद) प्राप्त केले।
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viśvāmitra in deep austerity—standing or seated in meditation—surrounded by a calm forest; obstacles (dark forms) recede, while a radiant thread of brahminical light (brahma-tejas) rises around him.
FAQs
When obstacles are removed, sustained tapas becomes fruitful, culminating in rare spiritual attainment.
The teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative frame of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No new rite is prescribed here; it describes the fruit—obstacle-free austerity and attainment—following proper worship.