Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
तडित्स्फुरंतीत्वसकृत्तमिस्रासु तपोवने । यातायातं करोतीव द्रष्टुं तत्तपसः स्थितिम्
taḍitsphuraṃtītvasakṛttamisrāsu tapovane | yātāyātaṃ karotīva draṣṭuṃ tattapasaḥ sthitim
ในความมืดแห่งป่าตบะ สายฟ้าแลบวาบครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า ประหนึ่งเคลื่อนไปมา—เพื่อจะได้เห็นความมั่นคงแห่งตบะนั้น
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (tapo-vana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Night in a dark ascetic forest: repeated lightning illuminates the scene in pulses, as if the lightning itself paces to ‘see’ the unwavering tapas; the maiden remains a still silhouette revealed in flashes.
FAQs
Great tapas becomes so radiant and steady that even nature is poetically portrayed as bearing witness to it.
A tapovana within the Kāśī Kṣetra is implied, reinforcing Kāśī’s identity as a landscape that supports intense sādhanā.
None; the verse uses symbolic description to magnify the grandeur and steadiness of austerity.