Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6
तपसा च तदा शंभुस्तोषितः शशिशे खरः । तत्राजगाम जटिलो भस्मांगो वृषभध्वजः
tapasā ca tadā śaṃbhustoṣitaḥ śaśiśe kharaḥ | tatrājagāma jaṭilo bhasmāṃgo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
তেতিয়া সেই তপস্যাৰে শম্ভু সন্তুষ্ট হ’ল। তাৰপিছত তাত চন্দ্ৰশেখৰ, তীক্ষ্ণ প্ৰভু আহিল—জটাধাৰী, ভস্মলিপ্ত দেহ, আৰু বৃষভধ্বজ।
Vyāsa (continued narration)
Tirtha: Śiva-darśana-sthāna in Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (royal listener)
Scene: Śiva arrives in the forest clearing: jaṭā piled, body smeared with bhasma, crescent moon on the head, bull emblem present; the air charged with sacred dread and compassion.
FAQs
Austerity offered with devotion culminates in divine grace—Śiva responds by direct presence.
The appearance occurs at the Indrasara/Indreśvara locale being narrated in Adhyāya 19.
Tapas (austerity) is shown as the effective means to please Śiva; the verse itself describes the result—Śiva’s arrival.