Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
ततो मया वृतः प्रादाद्गाणपत्यं मदीप्सितम् । कैलासे मां शिवो नित्यं संतुष्टः प्राह चेति च
tato mayā vṛtaḥ prādādgāṇapatyaṃ madīpsitam | kailāse māṃ śivo nityaṃ saṃtuṣṭaḥ prāha ceti ca
ત્યારે મેં વર્યું ત્યારે તેણે મને ઇચ્છિત ગણાધિપત્ય આપ્યું. કૈલાસ પર સદા પ્રસન્ન ભગવાન શિવે મને આ રીતે પણ કહ્યું.
Unspecified narrator (reporting Śiva’s boon and words)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Scene: On snow-bright Kailāsa, Śiva—serene and pleased—addresses the devotee, granting gaṇapati-lordship; attendants and divine aura surround the throne-like rock-seat.
FAQs
Devotion can culminate not only in worldly success but also in proximity to Śiva—service and status among his Gaṇas.
Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s divine abode; it functions as the sacred setting for the boon.
No new prescription here; it states the fruit of prior ghṛtakambala worship.