Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47
संन्यासं कुरुते योऽत्र जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । कुसुमेशे नरो भक्त्या स गच्छेच्छिवमन्दिरम्
saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yo'tra jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ | kusumeśe naro bhaktyā sa gacchecchivamandiram
Sesiapa di Kusumeśa ini mengambil saṃnyāsa, menewaskan amarah dan menundukkan indera, maka dengan bhakti ia menuju ke kediaman Śiva.
Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrator)
Tirtha: Kusumeśa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: At the Kusumeśa shrine, a calm ascetic with matted hair and staff stands before a Śiva-liṅga, flames of anger symbolically subdued; the path opens toward a radiant Śiva-mandira in the subtle realm.
FAQs
True renunciation is inner victory over anger and senses, crowned by devotion to Śiva.
Kusumeśa (a Śaiva tīrtha praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa).
Undertake saṃnyāsa at the tīrtha with self-control (jita-krodha, jita-indriya) and bhakti.