Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66
अवाप जीवितं सद्यः प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य च । उत्थितः स तदा दैत्यो ब्रुवञ्छिवशिवेति च
avāpa jīvitaṃ sadyaḥ prasādācchaṃkarasya ca | utthitaḥ sa tadā daityo bruvañchivaśiveti ca
Through the grace of Śaṅkara he regained life at once. Then that daitya rose up, uttering, “Śiva, Śiva!”
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s western tīrtha circuit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A slain daitya suddenly revives, rising with folded hands or uplifted arms, eyes widened in awe, loudly uttering ‘Śiva, Śiva’ as an unseen Śaṅkara’s grace descends like a luminous aura.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace can revive and renew; remembrance of the divine name marks inner turning toward dharma.
The Śivālaya within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting is highlighted as a locus of Śiva’s immediate grace.
Implicitly, nāma-ucchāra (uttering the divine name “Śiva”) as an expression of devotion following worship.