Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
चातुर्मास्येऽथ संपूर्णे देवो हरिहरात्मकः । प्रसन्नस्तानुवाचाथ भक्त्या प्रत्यक्षरूपधृक्
cāturmāsye'tha saṃpūrṇe devo hariharātmakaḥ | prasannastānuvācātha bhaktyā pratyakṣarūpadhṛk
Lorsque le Cāturmāsya fut pleinement accompli, le Seigneur—dont la nature est à la fois Hari et Hara—satisfait, leur adressa alors la parole, prenant une forme visible grâce à leur bhakti.
Gālava (reporting the event)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śūdra-putra addressee
Scene: At the end of Cāturmāsya, the Lord appears in visible form as Harihara—half bearing Vaiṣṇava emblems, half Śaiva—addressing the devoted worshippers; the four sacred trees stand as witnesses, lamps still glowing.
FAQs
Steady vrata and bhakti culminate in divine grace—often described as direct, visible assurance from the Lord.
The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Completion of the Cāturmāsya observance is highlighted as the condition for the ensuing divine response.