ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो दृढभक्त्या वरप्रदः । वरेण छन्दयामास कामं कामविनाशनः
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo dṛḍhabhaktyā varapradaḥ | vareṇa chandayāmāsa kāmaṃ kāmavināśanaḥ
Alors Mahādeva, satisfait par une dévotion inébranlable, dispensateur de grâces, invita Kāma à choisir un don ; Lui qui détruit le désir lui offrit sa faveur.
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.