Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
ततः काशिपतेः पुत्रः पितुर्दुःखेन दुःखितः । शंकरं तोषयामास स च तस्मै वरं ददौ
tataḥ kāśipateḥ putraḥ piturduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ | śaṃkaraṃ toṣayāmāsa sa ca tasmai varaṃ dadau
అప్పుడు కాశీపతి కుమారుడు తండ్రి దుఃఖంతో దుఃఖితుడై శంకరుని ప్రసన్నం చేసెను; శంకరుడు అతనికి వరం ప్రసాదించెను।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard frame)
Scene: A grieving prince (son of the lord of Kāśī) performs intense Śaiva propitiation; Śaṅkara appears, compassionate yet solemn, granting a boon.
FAQs
Even in crisis, turning to Śiva with focused devotion yields divine response—though the moral outcome depends on the seeker’s intent.
Kāśī is invoked through its rulership; the narrative sits within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s broader sacred landscape.
Only the general act of ‘propitiating Śaṅkara’ is implied; no specific vrata, dāna, or japa is stated in this verse.