Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
नारद उवाच । दानवेन महातीव्रं तपस्तप्तं सुदारुणम् । रुद्रेण च वरो दत्तो भस्मत्वं मनसेप्सितम्
nārada uvāca | dānavena mahātīvraṃ tapastaptaṃ sudāruṇam | rudreṇa ca varo datto bhasmatvaṃ manasepsitam
นารทกล่าวว่า “อสูรดานวะตนหนึ่งบำเพ็ญตบะอย่างรุนแรงยิ่งและน่าหวาดหวั่น และพระรุทรประทานพรตามใจปรารถนา—ฤทธิ์ให้ผู้อื่นกลายเป็นเถ้าธุลี”
Nārada
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Nārada narrates: a formidable Dānava performs terrifying austerities—matted hair, emaciated body, surrounded by heat and smoke—until Rudra appears and grants the ash-making boon.
FAQs
Austerity can yield extraordinary power, but when desire is impure, divine gifts can become instruments of adharma.
The broader setting is the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on the narrative of a boon rather than naming a single tīrtha.
None explicitly; the verse mentions severe tapas (austerity) as the means by which the boon was obtained.