Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113
अभीष्टं च वरं मत्तो वृणीष्व मनसेप्सितम् । त्वयातितोषितो ह्यस्मिनादेयं विद्यते तव
abhīṣṭaṃ ca varaṃ matto vṛṇīṣva manasepsitam | tvayātitoṣito hyasminādeyaṃ vidyate tava
ನನ್ನಿಂದ ನಿನಗೆ ಅಭೀಷ್ಟವಾದ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟವಾದ ವರವನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆಮಾಡು. ನೀನು ನನಗೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ತೃಪ್ತಿ ತಂದಿದ್ದೀ; ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನಗೆ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಬೇಕಾದುದು ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
Śiva (Śaṅkara/Maheśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience; immediate interlocutor is Kālabhīti
Scene: Śiva, compassionate and majestic, addresses the devotee, offering any desired boon; the sanctum glows, indicating acceptance of worship.
FAQs
Sincere devotion and right conduct attract divine grace, making spiritual and worldly aims attainable through God’s favor.
The verse is part of a liṅga/tīrtha-centered narrative flow, but this line itself focuses on Śiva’s boon-giving rather than a named site.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; it introduces the granting of a boon as the fruit of devotion.