लोहासुर उवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश वरमेकं वृणोम्यहम् । शरीरस्याजरत्वं च मा मृत्योरपि मे भयम्
lohāsura uvāca | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham | śarīrasyājaratvaṃ ca mā mṛtyorapi me bhayam
Disse Lohāsura: “Se estás satisfeito, ó Senhor dos deuses, escolho um único dom: que meu corpo seja livre da velhice, e que não haja para mim temor, nem mesmo da morte.”
Lohāsura
Scene: Lohāsura, hands folded, stands before Śiva requesting freedom from old age and fear of death; Śiva is calm, ash-smeared, with trident, granting audience.
Even intense austerity can be directed toward worldly invulnerability; Purāṇic dharma warns that boons without dharmic intent often lead to downfall.
The wider passage belongs to the Dharmāraṇya setting; this verse itself focuses on the boon-request rather than a named tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the context implies tapas (austerity) as the means of obtaining boons.