Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
एवं सा निश्चयं कृत्वा तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम् । दर्शनार्थं हि देवस्य पातालनिलयस्य च
evaṃ sā niścayaṃ kṛtvā tapastepe suduṣkaram | darśanārthaṃ hi devasya pātālanilayasya ca
یوں پختہ ارادہ کر کے اُس نے نہایت دشوار تپسیا کی، دیوتا کے دیدار کے لیے—اُس کے بھی جس کا مسکن پاتال میں ہے۔
Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: After making her resolve, the ascetic woman performs severe tapas near the shrine; beneath, hinted serpentine/underworld motifs suggest the deity’s Pātāla abode, creating a layered cosmos in one frame.
FAQs
Spiritual goals are fulfilled through determined effort; darśana is portrayed as a fruit of unwavering resolve and tapas.
The passage points toward the Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex, described with a Pātāla-associated presence.
Undertaking severe tapas specifically aimed at divine darśana.