Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
एवं स्तुतास्तु ते रुद्रा एकादशतपस्विभिः । एकादशापि तान्प्रोचुर्भक्तिनम्रांस्तु तापसान्
evaṃ stutāstu te rudrā ekādaśatapasvibhiḥ | ekādaśāpi tānprocurbhaktinamrāṃstu tāpasān
Demikianlah para Rudra itu dipuji oleh sebelas pertapa; sebelas Rudra itu, melihat para resi tunduk dalam bhakti, lalu bertitah kepada mereka.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven ascetics stand with folded hands, heads bowed; before them appear eleven Rudras, radiant and attentive, about to speak—an intimate threshold moment between praise and boon.
FAQs
Devotional humility (bhakti with namratā) draws divine attention and response.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / tīrtha context within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it sets up the divine response to the ascetics’ praise.