Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
एतस्मिन्नंतरे ब्रह्मा परमं तोषमागतः । तारकस्य वरं दातुं जगाम शिखरं गिरेः
etasminnaṃtare brahmā paramaṃ toṣamāgataḥ | tārakasya varaṃ dātuṃ jagāma śikharaṃ gireḥ
اسی اثنا میں برہما جی انتہائی خوش ہوئے۔ تارک کو وردان دینے کے لیے وہ پہاڑ کی چوٹی پر گئے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Type: peak
Scene: Brahmā, radiant and four-faced, moves toward a lofty mountain summit to grant Tāraka a boon; the peak is wind-swept, luminous, and set apart from the world below.
FAQs
Persistent austerity can compel divine attention; boons are granted within the larger framework of cosmic governance.
The mountain peak (connected to the Pāriyātra setting) is presented as the locus where divine-bestowal occurs.
No prescription; it narrates the granting of a boon as the fruit of austerity.