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Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (tapo-vana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close, dramatic moment: thunder roars, lightning splits the sky; spray drenches the ascetic; yet her body and face remain perfectly still—no flinch, no tremor.
Tapas steadies the mind so that fear and disturbance lose their power, even amid terrifying conditions.
Kāśī Kṣetra as the sanctified setting where such unwavering austerity is undertaken.
None; the focus is on mental steadiness and fearlessness as fruits and signs of tapas.