Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तपसाऽराधयामास बहून्वर्षगणान्प्रिये । तस्य तुष्टो महादेवः सुप्रीतात्मा वरं ददौ
tapasā'rādhayāmāsa bahūnvarṣagaṇānpriye | tasya tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ suprītātmā varaṃ dadau
အို ချစ်သူ၊ သူသည် တပသ (အကျင့်တရား) ဖြင့် နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာ ရှီဝကို အာရాధနာ ပြုခဲ့သည်။ ထိုသူအား မဟာဒေဝသည် စိတ်နှလုံးပျော်ရွှင်စွာ ကျေနပ်၍ အပေးအလှူတစ်ပါးကို ပေးတော်မူ၏။
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: The devotee performs severe tapas at Prabhāsa for many years—matted hair, austere posture—until Mahādeva appears, serene yet majestic, granting a boon with a raised hand.
FAQs
Sustained tapas and worship mature into divine favor; the tīrtha setting amplifies the Purāṇic promise of grace.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the narrative frame for Aṅgāreśvara’s origin and merit).
The principle of long-term tapas/ārādhana (austerity-based worship) as a means to obtain Śiva’s boon.