Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो ब्रह्मन्ब्रूहि वरो मम
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo brahmanbrūhi varo mama
បន្ទាប់មក មហាទេវៈ ព្រះអង្គពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ឱ ព្រហ្មន៍ ចូរនិយាយចុះ—ពររបស់អ្នក ត្រូវបានខ្ញុំប្រទានហើយ»។
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (addressed as ‘Brahman’)
Scene: Mahādeva, pleased, addresses Brahmā: ‘Speak, your boon is granted.’ The scene is intimate: Brahmā stands with folded hands before the liṅga; Śiva’s presence is felt as a luminous manifestation.
FAQs
Sincere austerity and devotion culminate in divine approval; the Lord responds with grace and boon-giving.
The line continues the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting where Brahmā worshipped a Śiva-liṅga; the sanctity is implicit in the boon-context.
No new prescription; it depicts the result of prior tapas and worship—Śiva’s boon.