Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
अन्यं च ते वरं दद्या तमप्याकर्णयोत्तमम् । दुष्प्रापं यज्ञतपसां राशिभिः परमार्थतः
anyaṃ ca te varaṃ dadyā tamapyākarṇayottamam | duṣprāpaṃ yajñatapasāṃ rāśibhiḥ paramārthataḥ
“ഇനിയും ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് ഒരു വരം നൽകുന്നു; ഹേ ഉത്തമേ, അതും കേൾക്കുക—യജ്ഞതപസ്സുകളുടെ കൂമ്പാരങ്ങളാലും സത്യാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ദുർലഭമായത്.”
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Śiva leans slightly forward as if revealing a secret, announcing a boon rare even for great sacrificers and ascetics; Revā listens intently, the river stilled as if holding its breath.
FAQs
Divine grace at a tīrtha can grant what even great ritual and austerity may not easily secure.
Narmadā/Revā is the context, as Śiva announces an exceptional tīrtha-related boon.
No direct prescription; yajña and tapas are referenced as comparative spiritual efforts.