Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
तपश्चचार विपुलं सर्वविघ्नविवर्जितम् । ब्राह्मण्यं च ततः प्राप्तं सर्वेषामपि दुर्लभम् ओ
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ sarvavighnavivarjitam | brāhmaṇyaṃ ca tataḥ prāptaṃ sarveṣāmapi durlabham o
پھر اس نے عظیم تپسیا کی، جو ہر رکاوٹ سے پاک تھی؛ اور اس کے بعد اس نے برہمنیت (روحانی مرتبہ) حاصل کیا، جو سب کے لیے بھی دشوار ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viśvāmitra in deep austerity—standing or seated in meditation—surrounded by a calm forest; obstacles (dark forms) recede, while a radiant thread of brahminical light (brahma-tejas) rises around him.
FAQs
When obstacles are removed, sustained tapas becomes fruitful, culminating in rare spiritual attainment.
The teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative frame of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No new rite is prescribed here; it describes the fruit—obstacle-free austerity and attainment—following proper worship.