Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्यापि भगवाञ्छंभुः कालेन महता ततः । संतुष्टो ब्राह्मण श्रेष्ठास्ततः प्रोवाच सादरम्
tasyāpi bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ kālena mahatā tataḥ | saṃtuṣṭo brāhmaṇa śreṣṭhāstataḥ provāca sādaram
ദീർഘകാലത്തിനു ശേഷം അവന്റെ തപസ്സാൽ ഭഗവാൻ ശംഭു സന്തുഷ്ടനായി. തുടർന്ന് ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠനോട് സാദരമായി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।
Narrator (introducing Śiva’s response)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara / Śambhu (manifest presence)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śambhu appears before the ascetic—radiant, ash-smeared, with matted locks and crescent moon; Citraśarman rises from meditation, hands folded, awe and devotion on his face; the atmosphere glows with divine presence.
FAQs
Persistent tapas, sustained over time, culminates in divine satisfaction and compassionate instruction from Śiva.
The Hāṭakeśvara-related tīrtha narrative is being advanced; Śiva’s pleasure legitimizes the site’s sanctity in the Māhātmya.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the fruit of long tapas—Śiva’s anugraha.