Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ततः कालेन महता तुष्टस्तस्य महेश्वरः । प्रोवाच वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यदीप्सितम्
tataḥ kālena mahatā tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ | provāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yadīpsitam
তাৰ পাছত বহু কাল অতিবাহিত হোৱাত মহেশ্বৰ তাত সন্তুষ্ট হৈ ক’লে— “মই বৰদাতা; যি ইচ্ছা, সেইটো প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰা।”
Sūta (narration; Śiva’s speech quoted)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After long austerity, Maheśvara appears before the devotee, serene and radiant, offering a boon with an open palm gesture (varada-mudrā).
FAQs
Sincere long-term devotion culminates in divine satisfaction and the offer of grace (vara).
A sacred setting is implied by the Tīrthamāhātmya context, but the tīrtha is unnamed in this verse.
No new ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the fruition of prior worship and austerity.
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