Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
हेलया दर्शनं प्राप्तः सर्वेषां द्विजसत्तमाः । ततः प्रभृति तत्स्थानं रुद्रकोटीतिविश्रुतम्
helayā darśanaṃ prāptaḥ sarveṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ | tataḥ prabhṛti tatsthānaṃ rudrakoṭītiviśrutam
ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! അനായാസം എല്ലാവർക്കും അവന്റെ ദർശനം ലഭിച്ചു; അന്നുമുതൽ ആ സ്ഥലം ‘രുദ്രകോടി’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudrakoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama
Scene: All pilgrims receive Śiva’s darśana without effort; the narrator declares that from then on the place is celebrated as ‘Rudrakoṭi’.
FAQs
In a true tīrtha, divine grace can be immediate; the Lord makes darśana accessible when devotion is sincere.
Rudrakoṭi—the place that became famous by this very event of Śiva’s multi-form manifestation and universal darśana.
No explicit rite; the text primarily offers the māhātmya and naming tradition of the site.