अथोवाच महादेवः सर्वांस्तांस्त्रिदशालयान् । वृणुध्वं सुवरं सर्वे मत्तो यन्मनसीप्सितम्
athovāca mahādevaḥ sarvāṃstāṃstridaśālayān | vṛṇudhvaṃ suvaraṃ sarve matto yanmanasīpsitam
ನಂತರ ಮಹಾದೇವನು ಆ ಎಲ್ಲ ತ್ರಿದಶ-ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು— ‘ನೀವು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನನ್ನಿಂದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ವರವನ್ನು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿರಿ; ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಇಷ್ಟವಾದುದನ್ನೇ।’
Mahādeva (Śiva)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva addresses the assembled devas; a formal divine court scene with Śiva as the calm center, devas attentive, the atmosphere luminous after portents cease.
Devotion culminates in grace: Śiva responds to sincere worship with boon-giving compassion.
The Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa frames the boon as part of the region’s sacred mahātmya.
No prescription; Śiva invites the gods to request a boon as the फल of worship.