Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
जिते किलांधके दैत्ये गिरिशेनामरद्विषि । आडिश्चकार विपुलं तपो हरजिगीषया
jite kilāṃdhake daitye giriśenāmaradviṣi | āḍiścakāra vipulaṃ tapo harajigīṣayā
தேவர்களை வெறுத்த தைத்யன் அந்தகன் கிரீசன் (சிவன்) ஆல் உண்மையிலே வெல்லப்பட்டபோது, ‘ஆடி’ ஹரனை (சிவனை) வெல்ல விரும்பி பேர்தவம் செய்தான்.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: Āḍi performing fierce austerities—standing on one leg, arms raised, surrounded by heat aura—while the memory of Andhaka’s defeat by Śiva is implied as a backdrop motif (Śiva’s emblem or distant vision).
FAQs
Tapas is powerful but ethically neutral; when driven by ego and conquest, it becomes adharma rather than liberation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on the cosmic Śaiva conflict and motivations behind austerities.
None as a prescription; it reports that Āḍi performed ‘vipula tapas’ with a hostile intention.