Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
देव्युवाच । सविस्तरं मम ब्रूहि कथं स सिद्धिमाप वै । कथयस्व प्रसादेन देवदेव महेश्वर
devyuvāca | savistaraṃ mama brūhi kathaṃ sa siddhimāpa vai | kathayasva prasādena devadeva maheśvara
La Déesse dit : « Dis-le-moi en détail : comment a-t-il réellement atteint l’accomplissement ? Par ta grâce, ô Dieu des dieux, Mahādeva, Mahēśvara, raconte-le-moi. »
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Parvati, reverent and intent, asks Shiva to narrate fully the fisherman’s attainment of siddhi; Shiva poised to begin the kathā.
FAQs
Siddhi is ultimately understood as arising through divine grace (prasāda) and attentive hearing of sacred narrative.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the celebrated Śaiva sacred region of Saurāṣṭra in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse frames a request to hear the māhātmya, implying śravaṇa (devotional listening) as meritorious.