Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
यस्त्वया रंस्यते रात्रावद्य गंधर्वकन्यके । तवनामसमानाख्यः स ते भर्ता भविष्यति
yastvayā raṃsyate rātrāvadya gaṃdharvakanyake | tavanāmasamānākhyaḥ sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati
हे गंधर्वकन्ये, आज रात्री तू ज्याच्याशी क्रीडा करशील, ज्याचे नाव तुझ्याच नावासारखे असेल—तोच तुझा पती होईल।
Śiva (as Ratneśvara, granting a boon/prophecy)
Tirtha: Ratneśa-liṅga (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gandharva maiden (addressed) with Umā as frame-listener
Scene: Śiva’s voice issues from the liṅga, addressing a celestial Gandharva maiden, foretelling her destined husband—one sharing her name—framing a divine prophecy within a temple setting.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace can manifest as guidance and fulfillment of rightful desires when worship is performed with devotion.
The Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, where Śiva directly grants boons.
No new rite is prescribed here; it continues the theme of boon-granting arising from liṅgārcana and devotion.