Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रुद्रा ऊचुः । एकादशप्रकारोऽहं तुष्टो वस्तापसोत्तमाः । बहुभक्त्यतिरेकेण व्रियतां च यथेप्सितम्
rudrā ūcuḥ | ekādaśaprakāro'haṃ tuṣṭo vastāpasottamāḥ | bahubhaktyatirekeṇa vriyatāṃ ca yathepsitam
قال الرودرا: «أنا حاضر في إحدى عشرة صورة، وقد رضيت عنكم يا خير النساك. وبسبب عبادتكم المفعمة والمتفوقة، اختاروا ما تشتهون».
Rudrāḥ (the Eleven Rudras collectively)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven Rudras speak in unison or through a chief Rudra, radiating calm power; the ascetics listen, hands folded; the moment centers on varada (boon-giving) and revelation of elevenfold presence.
FAQs
Extraordinary devotion (bahu-bhakti) ripens into divine satisfaction and the granting of worthy desires.
The episode occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the Rudras offer a boon as a result of the ascetics’ devotion.