Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
यत्र तप्त्वा तपो मर्त्या यथेप्सितमवाप्नुयुः । श्रीमहादेवमासाद्य भक्तो यद्वन्मनोरथम्
yatra taptvā tapo martyā yathepsitamavāpnuyuḥ | śrīmahādevamāsādya bhakto yadvanmanoratham
ਉੱਥੇ ਮਰਤਭੂਤ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਤਪ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਫਲ ਪਾ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਨ; ਜਿਵੇਂ ਭਗਤ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਦੇਵ ਨੂੰ ਸਰਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਮਨ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਿਯ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: Ascetics performing tapas in a sanctified grove—fireless austerity, meditation, japa—while an unseen Mahādeva’s presence is felt as a luminous, benevolent force granting inner and outer fulfillment.
FAQs
Tapas and bhakti converge: sincere austerity in a sacred place, aligned to Śiva-devotion, yields desired fruits and inner fulfillment.
Raivata Giri is implied as the holy locale where austerities bear powerful results, under the grace of Mahādeva.
Tapas (austerity) is recommended implicitly; the verse frames it as especially fruitful when oriented toward Śrī Mahādeva.