Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
ईश्वर उवाच । तुष्टोस्मि तव विप्रेंद्राखंडबिल्वदलार्चनात् । वृणीष्वाभिमतं यत्ते दास्यम्यपि च दुर्लभम्
īśvara uvāca | tuṣṭosmi tava vipreṃdrākhaṃḍabilvadalārcanāt | vṛṇīṣvābhimataṃ yatte dāsyamyapi ca durlabham
ঈশ্বৰে ক’লে: হে বিপ্ৰশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, অখণ্ড বিল্বপাত্ৰেৰে কৰা তোমাৰ অৰ্চনাত মই সন্তুষ্ট। যি ইচ্ছা বৰ বিচাৰা—দুৰ্লভ হলেও মই দিম।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Listener: Viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas), the devotee-narrator
Scene: Śiva addresses the brāhmaṇa devotee, praising the unbroken bilva-leaf worship and inviting him to choose even a rare boon.
FAQs
Pure offerings made with faith can draw Śiva’s pleasure and open the way to divine boons.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the act of bilva-leaf worship itself.
Śiva explicitly praises arcanā using unbroken bilva leaves (akhaṇḍa bilva-dala).