Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
ततस्तेषामभिप्रायं ज्ञात्वा देवो महेश्वरः । भक्तिप्रीतो हितार्थाय कोटिरूपैर्व्यवस्थितः
tatasteṣāmabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā devo maheśvaraḥ | bhaktiprīto hitārthāya koṭirūpairvyavasthitaḥ
ครั้นทรงทราบเจตนาของพวกเขาแล้ว พระมหेशวรผู้เป็นเจ้า ผู้ยินดีด้วยภักติ เพื่อเกื้อกูลแก่พวกเขา จึงทรงจัดวางพระองค์เป็นรูปนับโกฏิ
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudrakoṭi (implied; named next verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Maheśvara, discerning the crowd’s intent, radiates into innumerable identical forms—each serene, ash-smeared, trident-bearing—so every pilgrim can behold him at once.
FAQs
Divine grace responds to devotion and resolves human conflict, showing the Lord’s compassion in sacred narratives.
Rudrakoṭi is implicitly established through Śiva’s manifestation in countless forms at the kṣetra.
No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on bhakti leading to darśana through the Lord’s compassionate self-manifestation.