Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
पुनर्यत्सिद्धलिंगस्य पूर्वं माहात्म्यकीर्तने । इत्युक्तं यत्प्रसादेन सिद्धमातुस्तु सेत्स्यति
punaryatsiddhaliṃgasya pūrvaṃ māhātmyakīrtane | ityuktaṃ yatprasādena siddhamātustu setsyati
และอีกประการหนึ่ง—ดังที่เคยกล่าวไว้ก่อนแล้วในการประกาศมหาตมยะของสิทธลิงคะว่า ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ ‘สิทธมาตา’ ผู้ควรบูชาจะบรรลุความสำเร็จอันสมบูรณ์แน่นอน
Śaunaka (continuing his query/recall to Sūta)
Tirtha: Siddhaliṅga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A narrator recalls an earlier proclamation: the Siddhaliṅga shrine glows; beside it, Siddhamātā (a maternal Devī form) bestows blessing; devotees receive ‘siddhi’ as a calm radiance rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Siddhi (spiritual fulfillment) is ultimately grounded in prasāda—divine grace—celebrated through māhātmya narration.
The verse points to the Siddhaliṅga tradition within the same kṣetra framework, linking local sanctity to divine grace.
No explicit rite; it references māhātmya-kīrtana (recitation/narration of glory) as the devotional context for receiving grace.