Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
तपस्युग्रे व्यवसिता आदित्याः केन हेतुना । सम्प्राप्तास्तु द्विजश्रेष्ठ सिद्धिं चैवाभिलाषिकीम्
tapasyugre vyavasitā ādityāḥ kena hetunā | samprāptāstu dvijaśreṣṭha siddhiṃ caivābhilāṣikīm
«Por que motivo os Ādityas empreenderam uma austeridade feroz? E, ó melhor dos brāhmaṇas, como alcançaram o próprio siddhi que desejavam?»
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (Narmadā-taṭa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A king respectfully questions a sage about why the Ādityas undertook fierce tapas and how they attained the desired siddhi; the setting hints at a riverine hermitage near a famed liṅga-sthāna.
FAQs
True attainment is linked to purposeful tapas—desire must be refined into disciplined austerity directed toward the sacred.
Implicitly Siddheśvara Tīrtha, the setting of the Ādityas’ austerities and attainment.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced generally, without specifying a particular vrata, mantra, or offering.