Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
ततो मया हरः प्रोक्तो यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । कुरुष्व मां गणं देव नान्यत्किंचिद्वृणोम्यहम्
tato mayā haraḥ prokto yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | kuruṣva māṃ gaṇaṃ deva nānyatkiṃcidvṛṇomyaham
അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ഹരനോടു പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ പ്രഭോ, നിങ്ങൾ എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനായാൽ, ഹേ ദേവാ, എന്നെ നിങ്ങളുടെ ഗണമായി ആക്കണമേ; മറ്റൊന്നും ഞാൻ അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നില്ല.
Devotee/Narrator (speaking to Śiva)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (as Śiva-dhāma ideal)
Type: peak
Listener: Hara/Śiva (addressed as प्रभो, देव)
Scene: The devotee, rejecting all other boons, asks only to become Śiva’s gaṇa; Śiva stands radiant, trident-bearing, while the devotee speaks with unwavering humility.
FAQs
The highest aspiration is intimate service to Śiva (gaṇatva), not material gain—devotion seeks proximity, not profit.
The verse highlights the devotee’s boon-request; the site remains in the chapter’s tīrtha backdrop rather than being named here.
No prescription; it records the devotee’s chosen boon: becoming Śiva’s gaṇa.