ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो दृढभक्त्या वरप्रदः । वरेण छन्दयामास कामं कामविनाशनः
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo dṛḍhabhaktyā varapradaḥ | vareṇa chandayāmāsa kāmaṃ kāmavināśanaḥ
Entonces Mahādeva, complacido por la devoción firme, el dador de dones, invitó a Kāma a escoger una gracia; Aquel que destruye el deseo ofreció su favor.
Narrator
Tirtha: Kuṇḍaleśvara-tīrtha (Revā-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly
Scene: Mahādeva, serene and radiant, acknowledges unwavering devotion; the scene holds a gentle tension—He who burns desire now offers a boon to Kāma.
Firm bhakti ripens tapas into divine grace; boons arise from Śiva’s satisfaction, not mere effort.
Implicitly the Revā tīrtha-region where the tapas occurred, as the stage for Śiva’s boon-bestowal.
Dṛḍha-bhakti (steadfast devotion) alongside tapas is presented as the means to obtain divine favor.