Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
मनाक्चिंतितमात्रं तु चेल्लभंते न तापसाः । क्रुधा तदैव जीयंते हारिण्या तपसां श्रियः
manākciṃtitamātraṃ tu cellabhaṃte na tāpasāḥ | krudhā tadaiva jīyaṃte hāriṇyā tapasāṃ śriyaḥ
หากตบะศีลทั้งหลายไม่ได้แม้สิ่งที่เพียงนึกขึ้นเล็กน้อยแล้วพึงได้ ครั้นความโกรธเกิดขึ้น รัศมีศรีแห่งตบะก็พลันเสื่อมและถูกพรากไป
Skanda (narrating a dharmic principle)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic’s aura dimming as a dark-red flare of anger rises; a person’s small unmet wish becomes the spark; the ‘splendor of tapas’ depicted as a departing light.
FAQs
Krodha is portrayed as a ‘thief’ that robs the radiance and fruit of austerity; self-control protects spiritual merit.
No single tirtha; it is a general dharma teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.
None; it prescribes inner discipline—restraint from anger—as essential to preserve tapas-phala.