Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
ततोऽहं सुमहत्कृत्वा तपश्चैवानया सह । करिष्यामि शुभास्यां च तथा लक्ष्मीमपि द्विज
tato'haṃ sumahatkṛtvā tapaścaivānayā saha | kariṣyāmi śubhāsyāṃ ca tathā lakṣmīmapi dvija
تب میں اس کے ساتھ مل کر نہایت عظیم تپسیا کروں گا؛ اور اے دْوِج، میں اس خوش رُخ کو بھی اور لکشمی کو بھی ظاہر کر دوں گا۔
Keśava/Divine figure (first person; addressing dvija)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Lord vows to perform great austerity together with her, promising to make her auspicious-faced and to bring Lakṣmī—suggesting a future scene of tapas in a sacred grove or riverside hermitage.
FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a purifying power that restores auspiciousness and divine prosperity (Lakṣmī).
Not named in this verse; the focus is on austerity and divine outcomes within the chapter’s narrative.
Tapas (austerity) is prescribed/undertaken as the central religious act.