Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
प्रसन्नोस्मि वरं ब्रूहि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । इति शंभुं समालोक्य तुष्टावेति स हृष्टवान्
prasannosmi varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi vartate | iti śaṃbhuṃ samālokya tuṣṭāveti sa hṛṣṭavān
«قد رضيتُ عنك. فقلْ ما البُغية—ما في قلبك.» وهكذا، إذ نظر إلى شَمْبُو، امتلأ فرحًا وشرع يسبّح بحمده.
Śiva (first line), then Narrator (second line)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (typical)
Scene: Śiva, newly manifested, speaks gently: ‘I am pleased—ask a boon.’ The devotee, eyes fixed on Śambhu, begins a hymn with visible joy and trembling reverence.
FAQs
When the Lord is pleased, the devotee is invited to state the heart’s desire; gratitude naturally expresses itself as praise.
Kāśī, where Śambhu is approached as the boon-giver (varada) through devotion.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the act highlighted is stuti (devotional hymn) following divine grace.