Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्य प्रत्यक्षतां गतः । अब्रवीद्वरदस्तेऽहं वरं वरय सुव्रत
tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ | abravīdvaradaste'haṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata
तेव्हा संतुष्ट झालेला महादेव त्याच्यासमोर प्रत्यक्ष झाला आणि म्हणाला—“मी तुला वर देणारा आहे; हे सुव्रता, जो वर हवा तो माग।”
Īśvara (Śiva) narrating; direct speech by Mahādeva (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva appears directly before the devotee in a luminous epiphany, offering boons; the setting evokes a sacred coastal kṣetra atmosphere with ritual fires and tīrtha markers.
FAQs
Persistent discipline culminates in pratyakṣa-darśana; divine grace responds to sincere vow and worship.
Within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya frame, the site is implied as a venue where Śiva’s grace becomes tangible.
The verse highlights the fruit of tapas and worship: receiving darśana and the right to ask for a boon.