Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
तदा तौ पितरौ नत्वा गतोऽसौ क्रौञ्चपर्वतम् । तत्राश्रमे महापुण्ये चचार परमं तपः
tadā tau pitarau natvā gato'sau krauñcaparvatam | tatrāśrame mahāpuṇye cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ
तेव्हा त्याने दोन्ही माता-पित्यांना नमस्कार करून क्रौञ्च पर्वताकडे प्रस्थान केले. तेथे त्या महापुण्य आश्रमात त्याने परम तप आचरले.
Narrator
Tirtha: Krauñca-parvata
Type: peak
Scene: A young ascetic bows to his parents at the threshold, then journeys toward a towering mountain; at the summit-side hermitage, he performs severe austerity amid sacred trees and a fire altar.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a holy place and disciplined tapas, grounded in reverence to parents and elders, accelerates spiritual attainment.
Mount Krauñca and its highly meritorious āśrama are highlighted as a sacred locale.
The practice indicated is tapas (austerity) undertaken at a holy hermitage; no specific vow-details are given in this verse.