Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
वृश्चाप्यक्षयस्तस्य तुष्टो रुद्रो वरं ददौ । प्रयाग वटतुल्योऽयमेतत्सत्यं न संशयः
vṛścāpyakṣayastasya tuṣṭo rudro varaṃ dadau | prayāga vaṭatulyo'yametatsatyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Even his (ancestral) offering becomes inexhaustible; pleased, Rudra granted this boon: “This place is equal to the Akṣayavaṭa of Prayāga—this is true, without doubt.”
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Akṣayavaṭa-tulya-sthāna (local Akṣaya-vaṭa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rudra, pleased, grants a boon while a sacred banyan (vaṭa) stands as the emblem of inexhaustible merit; pilgrims approach with offerings for ancestors.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace makes meritorious acts ‘akṣaya’ when performed at a sanctified site with faith.
The Siddhakuṇḍa/Siddhakūpa area is exalted as equal in potency to Prayāga’s famed Akṣayavaṭa.
The context is śrāddha/offerings whose fruit becomes akṣaya when performed here.