Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्य कालेन केन चित् । प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा तं च शंखमुनीश्वरम्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya kālena kena cit | provāca darśanaṃ gatvā taṃ ca śaṃkhamunīśvaram
Mit der Zeit wurde Mahādeva ihm gnädig. Er trat heran, gewährte ihm Sein Darśana und sprach zu jenem herrlichen Weisen, dem Muni Śaṅkha.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva approaches the ascetic in the forest hermitage, radiating calm power; Śaṅkha looks up in awe as divine presence fills the scene.
FAQs
Steady tapas attracts divine grace; Śiva’s darśana is portrayed as the fruit of sincere purification.
The exact tīrtha is not stated in this verse; the episode functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter to show how sacred contexts support divine encounter.
No explicit ritual; the implied sādhana is tapas culminating in Śiva’s darśana.