Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49
अथापश्यत्स्वशिबिरं पुरंदरपुरोपमम् । सद्यो हिरण्मयीभूतं विचित्रविभवोज्ज्वलम्
athāpaśyatsvaśibiraṃ puraṃdarapuropamam | sadyo hiraṇmayībhūtaṃ vicitravibhavojjvalam
तब उसने अपना ही शिविर-निवास देखा, जो पुरंदर (इंद्र) की पुरी के समान था; वह क्षणभर में स्वर्णमय हो गया और अद्भुत वैभव से दीप्त था।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: The boy looks toward his humble camp and sees it instantly become a golden, Indra-like city—tents and structures shimmering, ornate and radiant.
FAQs
Devotion rewarded by divine grace can manifest as tangible transformation—prosperity as a sign of dharmic favor.
The verse emphasizes the after-effect of worship at a Śivālaya rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the fruit (phala) of prior propitiation of Śiva.