Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
देव्युवाच । सविस्तरं मम ब्रूहि कथं स सिद्धिमाप वै । कथयस्व प्रसादेन देवदेव महेश्वर
devyuvāca | savistaraṃ mama brūhi kathaṃ sa siddhimāpa vai | kathayasva prasādena devadeva maheśvara
Dewi berkata: “Jelaskan kepadaku dengan terperinci bagaimana dia benar-benar mencapai siddhi itu. Dengan rahmat-Mu, wahai Dewa segala dewa, Mahādeva, Mahēśvara, ceritakanlah kepadaku.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Parvati, reverent and intent, asks Shiva to narrate fully the fisherman’s attainment of siddhi; Shiva poised to begin the kathā.
FAQs
Siddhi is ultimately understood as arising through divine grace (prasāda) and attentive hearing of sacred narrative.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the celebrated Śaiva sacred region of Saurāṣṭra in the Skanda Purāṇa.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse frames a request to hear the māhātmya, implying śravaṇa (devotional listening) as meritorious.