Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ऋषय ऊचुः । भवत्प्रसादात्सकलं प्राप्तं नस्तपसः फलम् । यद्भवंतं प्रपश्यामः सर्वदेवगुरुं प्रभुम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | bhavatprasādātsakalaṃ prāptaṃ nastapasaḥ phalam | yadbhavaṃtaṃ prapaśyāmaḥ sarvadevaguruṃ prabhum
Para resi berkata: “Dengan rahmat-Mu, seluruh buah tapa kami telah tercapai, kerana kami beroleh darśana akan diri-Mu, Tuhan, Guru bagi segala dewa.”
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (implicit forthcoming focus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā
Scene: Sages speak with shining faces, hands folded, expressing that seeing Brahmā is the complete fruit of their austerities; Brahmā radiates as devaguru, calm and luminous.
FAQs
The highest reward of austerity is divine grace culminating in darśana of the venerable source of guidance.
Dvārakā Māhātmya frames the discourse, but this verse emphasizes the merit (puṇya) of divine audience rather than a site.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced as the practice whose fruit is fulfilled through divine grace and vision.