Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
किमित्थं राज्यभोगांस्त्वं त्यक्त्वा विजनमाश्रितः । किं त्वया विहितं ध्यानं किं रौद्रं संश्रितं तपः
kimitthaṃ rājyabhogāṃstvaṃ tyaktvā vijanamāśritaḥ | kiṃ tvayā vihitaṃ dhyānaṃ kiṃ raudraṃ saṃśritaṃ tapaḥ
‘किमित्थं त्वं राज्यभोगान् त्यक्त्वा विजनमाश्रितः? त्वया किं ध्यानं विहितं, किं वा रौद्रं तपः संश्रितम्?’
Jīva (addressing Indra/Purandara, by context)
Type: cave
Scene: Jīva confronts the withdrawn figure in a lonely cave/forest clearing; the ascetic sits amid austerity signs, while devas stand behind Jīva; the mood is stern but controlled.
FAQs
True authority is accountable to dharma; when shaken by fault or fear, one may seek solitude and austerity, but must also face responsibility.
Not named in this verse; it is part of the narrative that culminates in seeking a sage’s grace connected to sacred geography.
Dhyāna and tapas are referenced generally, not as a specific vow, bath, or donation.
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