Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
सर्वानुग्रहकर्त्ता च सर्वकामफलप्रदः । पुरा यत्रातपद्देवि तपो घोरं सुदुष्करम् । गुरुर्नामा ऋषिवरो देवदानवदुःसहम्
sarvānugrahakarttā ca sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ | purā yatrātapaddevi tapo ghoraṃ suduṣkaram | gururnāmā ṛṣivaro devadānavaduḥsaham
ते सर्वांवर कृपा करणारे आणि सर्व कामनांचे फल देणारे आहेत. हे देवी, पूर्वी त्याच स्थानी ‘गुरु’ नावाच्या श्रेष्ठ ऋषींनी अत्यंत घोर व अतिदुष्कर तप केले, जे देव-दानवांनाही असह्य होते.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages; vocative 'devi' retained from embedded dialogue style (deduced)
Tirtha: Tryambakeśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Rudra as Tryambakeśvara bestowing grace; nearby, Ṛṣi Guru stands or sits in severe austerity—matted hair, ash-smeared body—amid heat and hardship, suggesting tapas ‘intolerable to gods and demons’.
FAQs
Sacred places gain enduring potency through tapas; Śiva’s grace there fulfills desires and uplifts all who approach with sincerity.
The Tryambakeśvara vicinity in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, renowned as the ground of ṛṣi Guru’s severe tapas.
No explicit rite is commanded here; the verse establishes the site’s power through the precedent of intense austerity performed there.