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
Dia pemberi rahmat kepada semua dan penganugeraha hasil bagi setiap hajat yang benar. Wahai Dewi, pada zaman dahulu di tempat itu juga, resi utama bernama Guru telah melakukan tapa yang dahsyat dan amat sukar—suatu ujian yang tidak tertanggung bahkan bagi para dewa dan asura.
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.