Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्य संदर्शनं गतः । प्रोवाच वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यथेप्सितम्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya saṃdarśanaṃ gataḥ | provāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam
ତାପରେ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ମହାଦେବ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଦର୍ଶନ ଦେଇ କହିଲେ—“ମୁଁ ବରଦାତା; ତୁମେ ଯାହା ଇଚ୍ଛା କର, ସେହି ବର ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା କର।”
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha: प्रभास
Type: kshetra
Listener: शौनकादि ऋषयः
Scene: पूजा-समाप्तौ महादेवः प्रसन्नः प्रकटो भवति—जटाजूट, चन्द्र-शेखर-भाव, त्रिशूल-डमरु, वृषभ-चिह्न; चन्द्रदेवः अञ्जलिं बद्ध्वा स्तुतिं/प्रार्थनां कर्तुं उद्यतः।
FAQs
Sincere worship culminates in divine darśana, and grace flows as the Lord becomes ‘Varada’—the boon-giver.
The darśana occurs in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative setting of the chapter.
No new rite is prescribed here; it depicts the fruit (phala) of prior worship—darśana and boon-offering.
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