Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 36
शक्तितः सर्वतो युक्त्वा शक्तिस्तपसि संस्थिता । न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
śaktitaḥ sarvato yuktvā śaktistapasi saṃsthitā | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi
शक्ती सर्व प्रकारे योजून त्यांची शक्ती तपात स्थिर होते; कोट्यवधी कल्पांतही त्यांना पुनरावृत्ती होत नाही.
Varāha (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied dvijottama/interlocutor
Scene: Ascetics in Ayodhyā practicing tapas: seated meditation, standing austerity, controlled breath; a cosmic backdrop of turning kalpas (wheel of time) fading as a liberated light rises beyond it.
FAQs
Disciplined application of one’s energies into tapas is presented as a cause for liberation and freedom from rebirth.
The Ayodhyā Māhātmya context continues, though the verse itself focuses on inner austerity rather than naming a site.
Tapas (austerity/discipline) undertaken with one’s full capacity and steadiness.