Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
न कश्चिद्यजते यज्ञैर्न दानानि प्रयच्छति । सिद्धेश्वरप्रसादेन सिद्धिं यांति नरा भुवि
na kaścidyajate yajñairna dānāni prayacchati | siddheśvaraprasādena siddhiṃ yāṃti narā bhuvi
ആരും യജ്ഞം ചെയ്യുന്നില്ല, ആരും ദാനം നൽകുന്നില്ല; എങ്കിലും സിദ്ധേശ്വരന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഭൂമിയിലെ മനുഷ്യർ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified in excerpt (Arbuda-khaṇḍa narration; likely a ṛṣi/narrator addressing a king, indicated by 'nṛpottama' in nearby verses)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa) in the frame dialogue
Scene: People cease sacrifices and charity, yet at Siddheśvara’s shrine they still attain siddhi through sheer prasāda; the contrast is shown between empty ritual grounds and a crowded sanctum.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace can grant siddhi even when formal rituals like yajña and dāna are absent.
Siddheśvara—praised here as a powerfully grace-bestowing Śaiva sacred presence within Arbuda’s sacred landscape.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse contrasts the absence of yajña and dāna with the efficacy of Siddheśvara’s prasāda.