Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
ततस्तस्य महादेवः स्वयमेव महेश्वरः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभूद्वृषारूढो गौर्या सह तथा गणैः
tatastasya mahādevaḥ svayameva maheśvaraḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūdvṛṣārūḍho gauryā saha tathā gaṇaiḥ
Alors Maheśvara, Mahādeva en personne, se manifesta devant lui — monté sur le taureau — avec Gaurī et ses gaṇas, les serviteurs divins.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)
Scene: Śiva appears directly before the devotee/king, seated upon Nandin the bull, with Gaurī at his side and gaṇas surrounding—an epiphany at a tīrtha precinct.
FAQs
Steady worship in a sanctified kṣetra culminates in experiential nearness—Śiva is not merely inferred but can become ‘pratyakṣa’ by grace.
Camatkārapura kṣetra is implied as the setting where Śiva grants direct darśana.
The verse highlights the result of prior worship—divine darśana—rather than adding a new prescription.