Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवः परया कृपया नृप । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी भगवानुवाच क्षितिनन्दनम्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ parayā kṛpayā nṛpa | pratyakṣadarśī bhagavānuvāca kṣitinandanam
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ നൃപാ, പരമ കരുണയാൽ പ്രസന്നനായ മഹാദേവൻ—പ്രത്യക്ഷദർശിയായ ഭഗവാൻ—ഭൂമിപുത്രനോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Aṅgāraka Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: Mahādeva manifests before the ascetic Aṅgāraka on the Narmadā bank—radiant, compassionate, with matted locks and crescent moon; the river and sky witness the epiphany.
FAQs
Sincere devotion culminates in Śiva’s direct grace (pratyakṣa-anugraha), where compassion precedes divine instruction and boons.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography is the frame; the chapter proceeds to a particular tīrtha where Śaṅkara is established and worship yields great merit.
This verse itself introduces a direct divine encounter; later verses in the passage prescribe snāna (bathing) and pūjā at the tīrtha.