Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
अत्र दिग्वाससां मध्ये बहूनां तत्समस्त्वहम् । निवसाम्यतिप्रच्छन्नो मरुत्तादतिभीतवत्
atra digvāsasāṃ madhye bahūnāṃ tatsamastvaham | nivasāmyatipracchanno maruttādatibhītavat
Dito, sa gitna ng maraming digvāsa na mga asceta na tila langit ang kasuotan, nananatili akong gaya ng isa sa kanila, lubhang nakatago—na parang labis na takot kay Marutta.
Unspecified narrator in dialogue (first-person)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hidden ascetic blends into a group of sky-clad renunciants, his posture guarded and face tense, as if fearing discovery by a king’s agents.
FAQs
Outer appearance can be used as a protective disguise; the Purāṇas also highlight prudence amid social and royal pressures.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse describes the speaker’s hidden residence in an ascetic milieu.
None; it is a narrative description of concealment and fear.