Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तस्य तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभूत्समं गौर्या गणसंघैः समावृतः
tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūtsamaṃ gauryā gaṇasaṃghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ
បន្ទាប់មក នៅចុងបញ្ចប់នៃពាន់ឆ្នាំ ព្រះមហេស្វរៈពេញព្រះហឫទ័យចំពោះព្រះអង្គ បានបង្ហាញព្រះអង្គដោយផ្ទាល់ ជាមួយព្រះគោរី ហើយមានក្រុមគណៈ (Gaṇa) ជាច្រើនព័ទ្ធជុំវិញ។
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva appears before the ascetic: Maheśvara radiant, with Gaurī at his side, surrounded by gaṇas; the ascetic is small in scale, overwhelmed, in a forested or shrine-adjacent clearing of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sincere and sustained tapas culminates in divine darśana—Śiva reveals himself when devotion ripens.
No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it functions as part of the broader Tīrthamāhātmya storyline that connects sacred place and spiritual attainment.
The implied discipline is long-term tapas; the verse highlights its result (Śiva’s direct manifestation).