Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ततस्तस्या गतस्तुष्टिं भगवांस्त्रिपुरांतकः । वरदोऽस्मीति तां प्राह प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना
tatastasyā gatastuṣṭiṃ bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ | varado'smīti tāṃ prāha prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā
Da wurde der erhabene Herr Tripurāntaka ihr gewogen; und in innerer Freude sprach er zu ihr: „Ich bin der Spender von Gaben.“
Sūta (narrator, implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Tripurāntaka manifests—radiant, ash-smeared, with matted locks and crescent moon—before the delighted devotee, declaring himself a boon-giver; the atmosphere is charged with sacred joy.
FAQs
When devotion and sacred service mature, Śiva responds as Varada—granting grace and fulfilling righteous aims.
The immediate setting is the kṣetra where the vāpī and Śiva installation were done; the verse itself does not provide the site-name.
No new rite is prescribed here; it records the divine response to prior tapas and tīrtha-creation.