Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रुद्रा ऊचुः । एकादशप्रकारोऽहं तुष्टो वस्तापसोत्तमाः । बहुभक्त्यतिरेकेण व्रियतां च यथेप्सितम्
rudrā ūcuḥ | ekādaśaprakāro'haṃ tuṣṭo vastāpasottamāḥ | bahubhaktyatirekeṇa vriyatāṃ ca yathepsitam
രുദ്രന്മാർ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഞാൻ ഏകാദശ രൂപങ്ങളിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; ഹേ തപസ്സിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരേ, നിങ്ങളിൽ ഞാൻ പ്രസന്നനാണ്. നിങ്ങളുടെ അത്യധിക ഭക്തിയാൽ ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള വരം തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക।
Rudrāḥ (the Eleven Rudras collectively)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven Rudras speak in unison or through a chief Rudra, radiating calm power; the ascetics listen, hands folded; the moment centers on varada (boon-giving) and revelation of elevenfold presence.
FAQs
Extraordinary devotion (bahu-bhakti) ripens into divine satisfaction and the granting of worthy desires.
The episode occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the Rudras offer a boon as a result of the ascetics’ devotion.