Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
स्थाणुभूतो महातेजा वीरस्थाने च भामिनि । अतिष्ठत्सुचिरं कालमेकदेशे वरानने
sthāṇubhūto mahātejā vīrasthāne ca bhāmini | atiṣṭhatsuciraṃ kālamekadeśe varānane
ஓ பாமினி, ஓ வரானனே! அந்த மஹாதேஜஸ்வி வீரஸ்தானத்தில் தூணைப் போல் அசையாது, ஒரே இடத்தில் மிக நீண்ட காலம் நின்றிருந்தான்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vīrasthāna (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/‘bhāminī’ (addressed lady)
Scene: A radiant ascetic stands motionless in Vīrasthāna, like a living pillar, while time seems to pass around him; the landscape hints at coastal Prabhāsa with sacred stillness.
FAQs
Steadfastness in practice (dhṛti) is praised—true tapas is unwavering, rooted in one-pointedness.
Vīrasthāna within the Prabhāsa region, highlighted as the locus of Cyavana’s long austerity.
None; the verse depicts meditative stillness as a spiritual discipline.