Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
सर्वे वराः सुधाकाराः शर्करामधुषड्रसाः । ततस्ते साधुसंसर्गं संप्राप्ताः शिवशासनात्
sarve varāḥ sudhākārāḥ śarkarāmadhuṣaḍrasāḥ | tataste sādhusaṃsargaṃ saṃprāptāḥ śivaśāsanāt
ਸਾਰੇ ਵਰਦਾਨ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ-ਸਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ—ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਦ ਵਾਂਗ ਮਿੱਠੇ, ਛੇ ਰਸਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਪੂਰ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦੇ ਆਦੇਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਸਾਧੂਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੰਗਤ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਏ।
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: A gentle, luminous scene: devotees receiving Śiva’s command; blessings visualized as moonlike nectar, sugar and honey offerings, and the arrival into a circle of serene sādhus.
FAQs
When life is aligned with Śiva’s will, blessings mature into sweetness—most tangibly through the gift of saintly companionship.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes divinely-ordained sādhu-saṅga as the source of auspiciousness.
No explicit rite; it references obedience to Śiva’s śāsana (injunction) as the guiding principle.