Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
जितक्रोधो जितमदो जितसर्वेंद्रियक्रियः । तावद्वर्षसहस्रांते भगवान्वृषभध्वजः । तुतोष नृपतेस्तस्य स्वयं दर्शनमाययौ
jitakrodho jitamado jitasarveṃdriyakriyaḥ | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṃte bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | tutoṣa nṛpatestasya svayaṃ darśanamāyayau
ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਤੇ ਮਦ ਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਸ਼ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਤੇ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ-ਧ੍ਵਜ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਉਸ ਰਾਜਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਏ ਅਤੇ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦੇਣ ਆਏ।
Pulastya (continuing narrative context)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (implied by immediate narrative context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Not specified in given excerpt (traditionally a royal/ṛṣi interlocutor in Skanda narratives)
Scene: A royal sage seated in deep meditation before a radiant liṅga; after a thousand-year tapas, Śiva with vṛṣabha-dhvaja manifests, blessing him with compassionate gaze.
FAQs
Long tapas supported by self-mastery culminates in divine pleasure and the direct grace of Śiva through darśana.
The Siddheśvara setting in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where sustained austerity draws Śiva’s direct presence.
Austerity over a long vow-like period, coupled with indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) as a spiritual discipline.