Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30
अमृतः शाश्वतो देवः स्थाणुरीशः सनातनः । स पूजितः प्रार्थितो वा किं न दद्याद्द्विजोत्तमाः
amṛtaḥ śāśvato devaḥ sthāṇurīśaḥ sanātanaḥ | sa pūjitaḥ prārthito vā kiṃ na dadyāddvijottamāḥ
وہ اَمر، شاشوت دیو—ستھانو، ایش، سناتن—جب پوجا کیا جائے یا دعا کے ساتھ پکارا جائے، تو اے بہترین دِوِجوں! وہ کیا ہے جو عطا نہ کرے؟
Revā Devī (Narmadā)
Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijottamāḥ
Scene: A devotional tableau: sages addressed as 'dvijottamāḥ' listen while the speaker extols Śiva—Sthāṇu, eternal and deathless—radiant, still, and boon-giving.
FAQs
Śiva is depicted as supremely generous; worship and prayer are affirmed as efficacious paths to divine grace.
The Revā/Narmadā region indirectly, by linking its imperishability and refuge to Śiva’s grace.
Pūjā (worship) and prārthanā (prayer) to Śiva are recommended as means to obtain boons.