Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रुद्रा ऊचुः । एकादशप्रकारोऽहं तुष्टो वस्तापसोत्तमाः । बहुभक्त्यतिरेकेण व्रियतां च यथेप्सितम्
rudrā ūcuḥ | ekādaśaprakāro'haṃ tuṣṭo vastāpasottamāḥ | bahubhaktyatirekeṇa vriyatāṃ ca yathepsitam
พระรุทระตรัสว่า: “เราดำรงอยู่เป็นสิบเอ็ดปาง และเราพอใจในพวกท่าน โอ้ยอดแห่งตบะทั้งหลาย ด้วยภักติอันล้นเหลือยิ่งนัก จงเลือกพรตามที่ปรารถนาเถิด”
Rudrāḥ (the Eleven Rudras collectively)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven Rudras speak in unison or through a chief Rudra, radiating calm power; the ascetics listen, hands folded; the moment centers on varada (boon-giving) and revelation of elevenfold presence.
FAQs
Extraordinary devotion (bahu-bhakti) ripens into divine satisfaction and the granting of worthy desires.
The episode occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the Rudras offer a boon as a result of the ascetics’ devotion.