Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
इति श्रुत्वा परिष्टुत्य दुर्वासाः कृत्तिवाससम् । वरं च प्रार्थयामास परिहृष्ट तनूरुहः
iti śrutvā pariṣṭutya durvāsāḥ kṛttivāsasam | varaṃ ca prārthayāmāsa parihṛṣṭa tanūruhaḥ
ഇതു കേട്ട് ദുർവാസാവ് കൃത്തിവാസൻ (ശിവൻ)നെ എല്ലാതരത്തിലും സ്തുതിച്ചു; ആനന്ദത്തിൽ രോമാഞ്ചിതനായി വരം അപേക്ഷിച്ചു.
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Durvāsā, the fierce ascetic, stands before Kṛttivāsa Śiva; he circumambulates in praise, hair standing on end in devotional rapture, then bows to ask a boon.
FAQs
Sincere praise (stuti) and devotion prepare the devotee to receive divine grace in the form of a boon.
The narrative is moving toward the consecration of a liṅga and a pond in Kāśī—later named Kāmeśvara and Kāmakūṇḍa.
Implicitly, stuti (hymnic praise) as a devotional act; no explicit vrata or dāna is stated here.