Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
एतस्मिन्नंतरे ब्रह्मा परमं तोषमागतः । तारकस्य वरं दातुं जगाम शिखरं गिरेः
etasminnaṃtare brahmā paramaṃ toṣamāgataḥ | tārakasya varaṃ dātuṃ jagāma śikharaṃ gireḥ
அந்நேரத்தில் பிரம்மா மிகுந்த மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்து, தாரகனுக்கு வரம் அளிக்க மலைச் சிகரத்திற்குச் சென்றார்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: peak
Scene: Brahmā, radiant and four-faced, moves toward a lofty mountain summit to grant Tāraka a boon; the peak is wind-swept, luminous, and set apart from the world below.
FAQs
Persistent austerity can compel divine attention; boons are granted within the larger framework of cosmic governance.
The mountain peak (connected to the Pāriyātra setting) is presented as the locus where divine-bestowal occurs.
No prescription; it narrates the granting of a boon as the fruit of austerity.