Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
श्रांता चिरोपवासेन निपतन्ती पदेपदे । क्रंदंती वहुरोगार्ता वेपमाना भृशातुरा
śrāṃtā ciropavāsena nipatantī padepade | kraṃdaṃtī vahurogārtā vepamānā bhṛśāturā
चिरोपवासश्रान्ता सा पदे पदे निपातिनी । क्रन्दन्ती बहुरोगार्ता वेपमाना भृशातुरा ॥
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A frail woman staggers forward, repeatedly collapsing; tears and cries break the silence; her body trembles with fever and weakness.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview treats endurance and deprivation as a form of tapas that can become spiritually transformative.
Not specified; the focus is on the Śivarātri-adjacent ordeal that frames the later bestowal of grace.
Upavāsa (fasting) is mentioned as her condition; it functions as an involuntary austerity rather than a stated rule.