Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
प्रसन्नोस्मि वरं ब्रूहि यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । इति शंभुं समालोक्य तुष्टावेति स हृष्टवान्
prasannosmi varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi vartate | iti śaṃbhuṃ samālokya tuṣṭāveti sa hṛṣṭavān
“ഞാൻ പ്രസന്നനാണ്; നിന്റെ മനസ്സിലുള്ള വരം പറയുക.” എന്ന്. ശംഭുവിനെ നോക്കി അവൻ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ സ്തുതി ആരംഭിച്ചു।
Śiva (first line), then Narrator (second line)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (typical)
Scene: Śiva, newly manifested, speaks gently: ‘I am pleased—ask a boon.’ The devotee, eyes fixed on Śambhu, begins a hymn with visible joy and trembling reverence.
FAQs
When the Lord is pleased, the devotee is invited to state the heart’s desire; gratitude naturally expresses itself as praise.
Kāśī, where Śambhu is approached as the boon-giver (varada) through devotion.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the act highlighted is stuti (devotional hymn) following divine grace.