Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
उवाच च विरूपाक्षः साक्षाद्दाक्षायणीपतिः । तपोनिधे प्रसन्नोस्मि वरं वरय भार्गव
uvāca ca virūpākṣaḥ sākṣāddākṣāyaṇīpatiḥ | taponidhe prasannosmi varaṃ varaya bhārgava
তেতিয়া বিরূপাক্ষ—দাক্ষায়ণীৰ (পাৰ্বতীৰ) সাক্ষাৎ পতি—ক’লে: “হে তপস্যাৰ নিধি, মই প্ৰসন্ন; হে ভাৰ্গৱ, এটা বৰ বাছি লোৱা।”
Śiva (Virūpākṣa, Dākṣāyaṇīpati)
Tirtha: Kāśī (liṅga-sannidhi)
Type: temple
Scene: Śiva, three-eyed Virūpākṣa, stands revealed from the liṅga, calm yet radiant, addressing Bhārgava with an open palm of blessing, inviting him to choose a boon.
FAQs
Tapas offered with sincerity ripens into Śiva’s direct grace, where the Lord Himself invites the devotee to ask for a boon.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting frames the encounter, reinforcing Kāśī as a place where Śiva is readily pleased and grants boons.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse presents the boon-granting moment (vara-pradāna) as the fruit of austerity.