Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रानधनो धनमाप्नुयात् । स्वल्पायुर्दीर्घमायु्ष्यं शत्रूणां चैव संक्षयम्
aputro labhate putrānadhano dhanamāpnuyāt | svalpāyurdīrghamāyu्ṣyaṃ śatrūṇāṃ caiva saṃkṣayam
अपुत्राला पुत्रप्राप्ती होते, निर्धनाला धन मिळते। अल्पायुष्याला दीर्घायुष्य लाभते आणि शत्रूंचाही क्षय होतो।
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims at a Śaiva tīrtha receive boons symbolically: a childless couple blessed, a poor devotee offered coins/grain, an elder granted long life, foes receding—under the unseen gaze of Śiva.
FAQs
Śiva-centered vrata unites worldly well-being with spiritual protection, supporting dharma in household life.
No specific tīrtha is named; the promised fruits are tied to the Śivarātri observance.
The verse lists fruits (phala) of the Śivarātri vrata; the practice is implied from prior verses (jāgaraṇa with dāna/homa/japa).