Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
अब्रवीत्त्वामहं मन्ये नान्यं देवान्महेश्वरात् । तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे यथा न स्यात्तपःक्षतिः
abravīttvāmahaṃ manye nānyaṃ devānmaheśvarāt | tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yathā na syāttapaḥkṣatiḥ
เขากล่าวว่า “ข้าพเจ้าเห็นว่าไม่มีเทพองค์ใดสูงยิ่งกว่า มเหศวร เพราะฉะนั้น โปรดประทานพระกรุณาแก่ข้าพเจ้า เพื่อมิให้ตบะของข้าพเจ้าถูกลดทอนหรือบาดเจ็บ”
An unspecified petitioner (contextually the ascetic Mankaṇaka addressing Śiva)
Tirtha: Ānandeśvara-kṣetra (incipient)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage or brāhmaṇa devotee speaks with folded hands, declaring Maheśvara’s unsurpassed divinity and begging for grace so his tapas remains unharmed.
FAQs
True austerity is preserved and fulfilled through divine grace (prasāda), especially by taking refuge in Maheśvara.
Within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, the episode leads into the local glorification connected with Ānandeśvara and the surrounding tīrtha setting in this chapter.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes prayer for Śiva’s prasāda to prevent loss of tapas.