Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च शीर्णपर्णाशिभिस्तथा । दन्तोलूखलिभिर्विप्रैः सेवितं चाश्मकुट्टकैः
abbhakṣairvāyubhakṣaiśca śīrṇaparṇāśibhistathā | dantolūkhalibhirvipraiḥ sevitaṃ cāśmakuṭṭakaiḥ
وہ مقدس جنگل سخت ریاضت والے وِپروں سے آباد تھا—کچھ صرف پانی پر، کچھ صرف ہوا پر؛ کچھ گرے ہوئے پتّے کھاتے؛ کچھ دانتوں کو گویا اوکھلی بنا کر پیستے؛ اور کچھ پتھر پر کوٹے ہوئے اناج پر گزارا کرتے تھے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — deductive attribution from Purāṇic narrative style in Māhātmya passages
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ring of ascetics in a forest: one sipping only water, another in breath-control austerity, others gathering fallen leaves; a few grind grains on stone; faces lean, eyes bright, bodies disciplined.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is shown by the caliber of tapas practiced there—purity, restraint, and renunciation sanctify the land.
A sacred forest-āśrama within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the precise named tīrtha appears later in the narrative).
Not a ritual act but ascetic disciplines: living on water, air, fallen leaves, and minimal food prepared by stone-pounding.