Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
अनादिनिधनो देवो बहुशीर्षो महाभुजः । इत्यादिवेदवचनैस्ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्राह ब्रह्मन्वरं यत्ते वृणीष्व मनसि स्थितम्
anādinidhano devo bahuśīrṣo mahābhujaḥ | ityādivedavacanaistatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | prāha brahmanvaraṃ yatte vṛṇīṣva manasi sthitam
«Le Dieu est sans commencement ni fin, aux multiples têtes, aux bras puissants»—ainsi loué par des paroles védiques, Maheśvara fut satisfait. Puis il dit : «Ô Brahman, choisis la grâce qui demeure en ton cœur.»
Narrator (reporting Maheśvara’s speech to Brahmā)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous Maheśvara, many-headed and mighty-armed in iconographic suggestion, receives Vedic praise; sages/Brahmā-like figure recites śruti while Śiva, pleased, offers a boon.
FAQs
Vedic-aligned praise offered with devotion pleases the Lord, who then grants boons according to dharmic intention.
The māhātmya context is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa, presented as sanctified by Śiva’s boon-giving presence.
Veda-vacana (Vedic recitation/praise) is implied as a means of propitiating Śiva.