Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
मांसस्याग्नौ जुहावैव ततो निर्मांसतां गतः । ततो निर्मांसदेहः स तपोराशिरजायत
māṃsasyāgnau juhāvaiva tato nirmāṃsatāṃ gataḥ | tato nirmāṃsadehaḥ sa taporāśirajāyata
เขาถวายเนื้อของตนเองลงในกองไฟ และกลายเป็นผู้ไร้เนื้อหนัง ด้วยร่างกายที่ปราศจากเนื้อ เขาจึงกลายเป็นดั่งกองแห่งตบะที่ก่อตัวขึ้น
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark scene: the ascetic-daitya, skeletal and fleshless, feeds strips of his own flesh into a blazing fire; the flames rise unnaturally, and his body appears as a rigid pillar of tapas, eyes fixed, unmoved by pain.
FAQs
Austerity is portrayed as transformative and fearsome in power; the narrative prepares for divine intervention to restore order.
The ascetic cave-region on Mount Pāriyātra remains the implied sacred setting.
An offering into fire is described in narrative form; it is not framed as a normative dharma rule for general practice.