Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
तपोवीर्यसमोपेता सर्वदेवाभिवंदिता । नास्ति वै चेदृशी नारी खगेन्द्रात्र जगत्त्रये
tapovīryasamopetā sarvadevābhivaṃditā | nāsti vai cedṛśī nārī khagendrātra jagattraye
“تپسیا کی قوت سے آراستہ، اور سب دیوتاؤں کی طرف سے قابلِ تعظیم—اے پرندوں کے راجا! تینوں لوکوں میں حقیقتاً اس جیسی کوئی عورت نہیں۔”
Śrī Bhagavān (Janārdana/Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Śāṇḍilī (Vṛddhakanyakā) mahātmyā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Garuḍa
Scene: Viṣṇu’s praise expands: Śāṇḍilī stands radiant as devas in the background (subtle, symbolic) offer salutations; Garuḍa looks impressed, the atmosphere charged with tapas-tejas.
FAQs
Tapas, when pure and disciplined, earns divine recognition and becomes incomparable spiritual excellence.
Not directly named in this verse; it serves to magnify the sanctity of the person central to the tīrtha-narrative.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on austerity (tapas) as a sustained discipline.