Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
उवाच च प्रसन्नोस्मि महाक्रोधन तापस । वरयस्व वरः कस्ते मया देयो विशंकितः
uvāca ca prasannosmi mahākrodhana tāpasa | varayasva varaḥ kaste mayā deyo viśaṃkitaḥ
At nagsalita ang Panginoon: “Ako’y lubhang nalulugod, O tapasing may dakilang poot. Pumili ka ng biyaya—anong kaloob ang igagawad ko sa iyo? Huwag mag-alinlangan.”
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (liṅga-sannidhi context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutors of Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame
Scene: Śiva, serene and pleased, addresses Durvāsas—an ascetic of formidable wrath—inviting him to choose a boon without fear; the scene radiates reconciliation and sacred authority.
FAQs
Divine grace responds to tapas and sincerity, converting conflict into auspicious blessing.
Kāśī contextually—Śiva’s direct intervention underscores the city’s exceptional sanctity.
None; it depicts the boon-giving dynamic between Śiva and an ascetic.