Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
सर्वेषां सर्वसिद्धीनां कर्ता भक्तिजुषामिह । अहं कदाचिद्दृश्यः स्यामदृश्यः स्यां कदाचन
sarveṣāṃ sarvasiddhīnāṃ kartā bhaktijuṣāmiha | ahaṃ kadāciddṛśyaḥ syāmadṛśyaḥ syāṃ kadācana
Ici, pour ceux qui vivent dans la dévotion, Je suis le dispensateur de toute réalisation et de toute perfection. Tantôt Je puis être visible, tantôt Je demeure invisible.
Śiva (first-person divine claim in Viśveśvara context)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara-kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience within Kāśī-khaṇḍa narration
Scene: A devotee prays before the sanctum; in one panel Śiva appears in luminous form, in another only the liṅga and empty space remain—showing darśana and adarśana; siddhi symbols (lotus, light) subtly surround.
FAQs
Devotion is the key: Śiva grants all siddhis, and His presence may be experienced in visible or subtle ways.
Kāśī, specifically the Viśveśvara sphere where Śiva is said to operate ‘here’ for devotees.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on bhakti as the qualifying practice.