Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
कथं च प्राप्तवान्सिद्धिं सिद्धमातुः प्रसादतः । एतदाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि नः
kathaṃ ca prāptavānsiddhiṃ siddhamātuḥ prasādataḥ | etadācakṣva tattvena śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
மேலும் சித்தமாதாவின் அருளால் அவன் எவ்வாறு சித்தியை அடைந்தான்? இதை உண்மையுடன் எங்களுக்குச் சொல்லுங்கள்; கேட்க எங்களுக்கு மிகுந்த ஆவல் உள்ளது.
Sages (question to the narrator, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Tirtha: Siddhamātā-sthāna (associated with Siddhaliṅga/Guptakṣetra)
Type: temple
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Śaunaka’s earnest request: sages with attentive faces; Sūta poised to begin the detailed account; in a symbolic overlay, Siddhamātā’s compassionate visage and a liṅga-shrine appear as the unseen source of siddhi.
FAQs
True attainment (siddhi) is portrayed as arising from divine grace, not merely personal effort.
No site is specified in this verse; it focuses on the grace of Siddhamātā.
No explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is stated here—only a request to narrate the truth of the attainment.