Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
आवाभ्यां तत्प्रसादेन सोढमेतत्सुदुःसहम् । न करोति शरीरार्ति तथान्यदपि कुत्सितम्
āvābhyāṃ tatprasādena soḍhametatsuduḥsaham | na karoti śarīrārti tathānyadapi kutsitam
त्यांच्या कृपेने आम्हा दोघांनी हे अत्यंत दु:सह (तेज) सहन केले. ते आम्हाला देहपीडा करत नाही, ना अन्य कोणतेही अपायकारक दुःख.
Garuḍa (explaining immunity by divine grace, with Nārada present)
Tirtha: Janārdana-śayana-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two devotees stand calmly within a blazing aura, unharmed, hands in reverence; the radiance is intense yet softened around them by a protective halo of grace.
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Grace (prasāda) makes the unbearable bearable; spiritual power is approached safely through divine favor, not ego.
The locale of Janārdana’s jalaśayana where intense Vaiṣṇava tejas is experienced.
No formal rite; the teaching emphasizes reliance on prasāda and fitness before approaching the sacred.