Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
न वृथा दर्शनं मे स्याद्वरो मे गृह्यतां द्विज । यदभीष्टं महाराज यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādvaro me gṛhyatāṃ dvija | yadabhīṣṭaṃ mahārāja yadyapi syātsudurlabham
«Que a minha aparição não seja em vão. Ó duas-vezes-nascido, recebe de mim uma dádiva: o que desejares, ó grande rei, ainda que seja dificílimo de alcançar.»
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa (dvija) and addressed ‘mahārāja’ within the scene
Scene: A divine figure addresses a brāhmaṇa/kingly devotee, offering a boon so the epiphany is not ‘in vain’; the devotee stands with folded hands in a tīrtha landscape.
FAQs
Darśana is portrayed as purposeful and grace-filled: sincere devotion draws the Lord’s boon-bestowing compassion.
The boon occurs in the Arbuda mountain setting within the Piṇḍāraka-related māhātmya framework.
No new rite is prescribed; the verse presents the fruit (phala) of devotion and prior discipline—Śiva’s granting of a boon.