Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
यक्ष उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश उमया सह शङ्कर । अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषां यक्षाणामधिपो भवे
yakṣa uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa umayā saha śaṅkara | adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāṃ yakṣāṇāmadhipo bhave
Le Yakṣa dit : «Si tu es satisfait, ô Seigneur des dieux, ô Śaṅkara avec Umā, qu’à partir de ce jour je devienne le suzerain de tous les Yakṣas.»
Yakṣa (Kubera)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Devādhideva) with Umā
Scene: A yakṣa, hands folded, petitions Śiva seated with Umā; attendants and a luminous tīrtha backdrop suggest a riverbank shrine; the request is for yakṣa-overlordship.
FAQs
Authority and prosperity are framed as dharma-grounded gifts, to be sought from the Divine rather than through mere power.
The boon-request occurs in the sacred tīrtha context of the confluence where the austerity was performed.
No new rite is prescribed; the verse records the devotee’s boon-request following completed tapas and worship.