Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्य तुष्टो महादेवस्ततः प्रत्यक्षतां गतः । अब्रवीद्धर्म भद्रं ते वरं वरय चेप्सितम्
tasya tuṣṭo mahādevastataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ | abravīddharma bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya cepsitam
তেওঁত সন্তুষ্ট হৈ মহাদেৱ তেতিয়া প্ৰত্যক্ষ হ’ল আৰু ক’লে— “হে ধৰ্ম, তোমাৰ মঙ্গল হওক; যি বৰ তুমি ইচ্ছা কৰা, সেই বৰ বাছি লোৱা।”
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Prabhāsa, Mahādeva becomes manifest before Dharma/Yama, blessing him and inviting him to choose a boon; the moment is luminous, solemn, and auspicious.
FAQs
Sincere tapas in a tīrtha culminates in divine darśana; Śiva responds personally to devotion and grants boons aligned with dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Mahādeva becomes manifest to the devotee.
Implicit: tapas (austerity) and steadfast worship leading to Śiva’s direct grace (prasāda) and boon.