Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
मांसस्याग्नौ जुहावैव ततो निर्मांसतां गतः । ततो निर्मांसदेहः स तपोराशिरजायत
māṃsasyāgnau juhāvaiva tato nirmāṃsatāṃ gataḥ | tato nirmāṃsadehaḥ sa taporāśirajāyata
அவன் தன் மாம்சத்தை அக்கினியில் ஆஹுதியாக அர்ப்பணித்தான்; அதனால் மாம்சமற்றவனானான். பின்னர் மாம்சமற்ற உடலுடன் அவன் தவத்தின் திரளாக—தபோராசியாக—மாறினான்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark scene: the ascetic-daitya, skeletal and fleshless, feeds strips of his own flesh into a blazing fire; the flames rise unnaturally, and his body appears as a rigid pillar of tapas, eyes fixed, unmoved by pain.
FAQs
Austerity is portrayed as transformative and fearsome in power; the narrative prepares for divine intervention to restore order.
The ascetic cave-region on Mount Pāriyātra remains the implied sacred setting.
An offering into fire is described in narrative form; it is not framed as a normative dharma rule for general practice.