Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
तथा सर्वे सुरास्तुष्टा ब्रह्मविष्णु शिवादयः । परं सिद्धिप्रदं शीघ्रं मानुषाणां महीपते
tathā sarve surāstuṣṭā brahmaviṣṇu śivādayaḥ | paraṃ siddhipradaṃ śīghraṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ mahīpate
ഇങ്ങനെ ബ്രഹ്മാ, വിഷ്ണു, ശിവൻ മുതലായ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും പ്രസന്നരാകുന്നു. ഹേ മഹീപതേ, ഇത് മനുഷ്യർക്കു ശീഘ്രം പരമസിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നു।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing the king
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahīpati (king)
Scene: A vision of the assembled devas—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva—smiling in approval as a pilgrim’s vow ripens into radiant siddhi.
FAQs
Serving a sacred kṣetra with faith pleases the Devas and leads swiftly toward supreme spiritual attainment (siddhi).
The surrounding passage points to the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra (later named explicitly) as a siddhi-giving sacred field.
No specific rite is detailed here; it states the general fruit—Deva satisfaction and quick bestowal of siddhi.