ततः कालेन महता तुष्टस्तस्य महेश्वरः । प्रोवाच वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यदीप्सितम्
tataḥ kālena mahatā tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ | provāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yadīpsitam
ततः कालेन महता तुष्टोऽभवन्महेश्वरः । उवाच च वरदोऽस्मीति यथेप्सितं प्रार्थयस्व ॥
Sūta (narration; Śiva’s speech quoted)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After long austerity, Maheśvara appears before the devotee, serene and radiant, offering a boon with an open palm gesture (varada-mudrā).
Sincere long-term devotion culminates in divine satisfaction and the offer of grace (vara).
A sacred setting is implied by the Tīrthamāhātmya context, but the tīrtha is unnamed in this verse.
No new ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the fruition of prior worship and austerity.
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