Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रुद्रा ऊचुः । एकादशप्रकारोऽहं तुष्टो वस्तापसोत्तमाः । बहुभक्त्यतिरेकेण व्रियतां च यथेप्सितम्
rudrā ūcuḥ | ekādaśaprakāro'haṃ tuṣṭo vastāpasottamāḥ | bahubhaktyatirekeṇa vriyatāṃ ca yathepsitam
Para Rudra bersabda: “Aku hadir dalam sebelas rupa, dan Aku berkenan kepada kamu, wahai pertapa yang utama. Kerana bhakti kamu yang melimpah dan melampaui, pilihlah apa sahaja yang kamu kehendaki.”
Rudrāḥ (the Eleven Rudras collectively)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven Rudras speak in unison or through a chief Rudra, radiating calm power; the ascetics listen, hands folded; the moment centers on varada (boon-giving) and revelation of elevenfold presence.
FAQs
Extraordinary devotion (bahu-bhakti) ripens into divine satisfaction and the granting of worthy desires.
The episode occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the Rudras offer a boon as a result of the ascetics’ devotion.