Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्रह्मणा चापि ब्रह्मत्वं प्राप्तं किलतपोबलात् । अन्यैरपि च यल्लब्धं तन्नसंख्यातुमुत्सहे
brahmaṇā cāpi brahmatvaṃ prāptaṃ kilatapobalāt | anyairapi ca yallabdhaṃ tannasaṃkhyātumutsahe
“Maging si Brahmā ay nakamit ang pagka-Brahmā, ayon sa sabi, sa lakas ng tapas (mahigpit na pag-aayuno at pagninilay). Ang natamo rin ng iba sa pamamagitan nito—hindi ko mangahas bilangin.”
Śrī Devī
Scene: Brahmā in deep austerity on a lotus, surrounded by a radiance of tapas (tejas) rising like flames; distant silhouettes of other sages whose attainments are ‘uncountable’.
FAQs
Tapas is celebrated as a transformative power capable of granting even the highest stations and spiritual accomplishments.
No particular sacred site is named; the verse glorifies tapas itself.
Austerity (tapas) is upheld as the effective means; no single vow-form is specified.