Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 193
मदीया प्रकृतिस्त्वेषा तां कथं त्यक्तुमुत्सहे । त्वयाहं ब्रह्मणा देवैर्वरकर्मणि योजितः
madīyā prakṛtistveṣā tāṃ kathaṃ tyaktumutsahe | tvayāhaṃ brahmaṇā devairvarakarmaṇi yojitaḥ
ഇത് എന്റെ സ്വഭാവപ്രകൃതിയാണ്; അതിനെ ഞാൻ എങ്ങനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കും? നീയും ബ്രഹ്മാവും ദേവന്മാരും എന്നെ വരദാനപ്രദാന കര്മ്മത്തിൽ നിയോഗിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra and the devas (implied)
Scene: Śiva explains that boon-bestowal is his very nature and that Brahmā and the gods have appointed him to this function; devas appear as witnesses to a cosmic assignment.
FAQs
Each divine function operates according to svabhāva (intrinsic nature); Śiva’s boon-giving is framed as an ordained cosmic role, not mere preference.
The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; it explains the theological basis of varadāna (granting boons).