Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
तस्याराधयतो देव्यस्तुतुषुर्हायनैस्त्रिभिः । ततः प्रत्यक्षतो भूत्वा बलात्तस्य महात्मनः
tasyārādhayato devyastutuṣurhāyanaistribhiḥ | tataḥ pratyakṣato bhūtvā balāttasya mahātmanaḥ
Comme il persévérait dans l’adoration, les Déesses furent satisfaites au bout de trois années. Alors, se rendant visibles devant lui, elles se tinrent prêtes à accorder puissance à ce grand d’âme.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: A devoted sādhaka completing prolonged worship; the Devīs manifest in radiant, tangible form before him, signaling boon-bestowal.
FAQs
Persevering devotion ripens into direct divine encounter; spiritual effort is portrayed as cumulative and transformative.
Not named in this verse; the manifestation occurs within the chapter’s sacred setting tied to Dagdhasthalī/Guptakṣetra.
Continued ārādhana (propitiatory worship) over time; the verse highlights duration (three years) rather than a single rite.