Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
ततश्च भगवांस्तुष्टो वर्षांते तमुवाच सः । दर्शने तस्य संस्थित्वा तेजः संयम्य दारुणम्
tataśca bhagavāṃstuṣṭo varṣāṃte tamuvāca saḥ | darśane tasya saṃsthitvā tejaḥ saṃyamya dāruṇam
അപ്പോൾ ഭഗവാൻ സന്തുഷ്ടനായി ഒരു വർഷാന്ത്യത്തിൽ അവനോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു. അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ ദർശനം നൽകി തന്റെ ഭയങ്കര തേജസ് നിയന്ത്രിച്ചു.
Narrator (Bhagavān = Bhāskara/Sūrya by immediate context)
Type: kund
Scene: At the end of a year of austerity, the Lord appears before Yājñavalkya; the deity’s fierce solar radiance is visibly drawn inward, forming a gentle halo rather than blazing flames.
FAQs
Steady devotion over time culminates in divine darśana; grace appears in a form the devotee can bear.
The adhyāya’s sacred region, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the worship matures into darśana.
Implied year-long worship/observance leading to darśana; no separate rite is specified in this verse.