Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 193
मदीया प्रकृतिस्त्वेषा तां कथं त्यक्तुमुत्सहे । त्वयाहं ब्रह्मणा देवैर्वरकर्मणि योजितः
madīyā prakṛtistveṣā tāṃ kathaṃ tyaktumutsahe | tvayāhaṃ brahmaṇā devairvarakarmaṇi yojitaḥ
ఇది నా స్వభావప్రకృతి; దానిని నేను ఎలా విడిచిపెట్టగలను? నీవు, బ్రహ్మ, దేవతలు నన్ను వరప్రదాన కార్యంలో నియమించారు।
Rudra (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra and the devas (implied)
Scene: Śiva explains that boon-bestowal is his very nature and that Brahmā and the gods have appointed him to this function; devas appear as witnesses to a cosmic assignment.
FAQs
Each divine function operates according to svabhāva (intrinsic nature); Śiva’s boon-giving is framed as an ordained cosmic role, not mere preference.
The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; it explains the theological basis of varadāna (granting boons).