Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्य कालेन केन चित् । प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा तं च शंखमुनीश्वरम्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya kālena kena cit | provāca darśanaṃ gatvā taṃ ca śaṃkhamunīśvaram
Setelah beberapa waktu, Mahādeva berkenan kepadanya. Baginda mendekat, menganugerahkan darśana-Nya, lalu bersabda kepada resi agung Śaṅkha, penghulu para muni.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mahādeva approaches the ascetic in the forest hermitage, radiating calm power; Śaṅkha looks up in awe as divine presence fills the scene.
FAQs
Steady tapas attracts divine grace; Śiva’s darśana is portrayed as the fruit of sincere purification.
The exact tīrtha is not stated in this verse; the episode functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter to show how sacred contexts support divine encounter.
No explicit ritual; the implied sādhana is tapas culminating in Śiva’s darśana.