Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
महादेवेन तुष्टेन स्वस्थानं मुदितोऽभजत् । तथैव च पुरा पार्थ विभाण्डकसुतो मुनिः
mahādevena tuṣṭena svasthānaṃ mudito'bhajat | tathaiva ca purā pārtha vibhāṇḍakasuto muniḥ
മഹാദേവൻ തൃപ്തനായപ്പോൾ അവൻ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ തന്റെ സ്വസ്ഥാനത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങി. അതുപോലെ, ഹേ പാർഥ, പുരാതനകാലത്ത് വിഭാണ്ഡകന്റെ പുത്രനായ മുനിക്കും അത്തരം പ്രസാദം ലഭിച്ചു.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener called “Pārtha” (a royal addressee in this narrative frame)
Tirtha: Reva-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (explicitly addressed)
Scene: Śiva, pleased, granting a boon; the devotee returns joyfully to his abode. A secondary vignette hints at Vibhāṇḍaka’s son (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga) as a corroborating example.
FAQs
Śiva’s satisfaction (tuṣṭi) brings restoration—one returns to wellbeing and rightful station through divine grace earned by dharma.
The broader Vimaleśvara/Revā tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 226, where Śiva becomes pleased through austerity and observance.
No new rite is specified here; it continues the theme that disciplined practice leading to Śiva’s pleasure yields purification.
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