Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्यापि भगवाञ्छंभुः कालेन महता ततः । संतुष्टो ब्राह्मण श्रेष्ठास्ततः प्रोवाच सादरम्
tasyāpi bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ kālena mahatā tataḥ | saṃtuṣṭo brāhmaṇa śreṣṭhāstataḥ provāca sādaram
طویل مدت کے بعد بھگوان شَمبھو بھی اس سے خوش ہو گئے؛ پھر اس برہمنِ برتر کو نہایت ادب سے مخاطب کر کے فرمایا۔
Narrator (introducing Śiva’s response)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara / Śambhu (manifest presence)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śambhu appears before the ascetic—radiant, ash-smeared, with matted locks and crescent moon; Citraśarman rises from meditation, hands folded, awe and devotion on his face; the atmosphere glows with divine presence.
FAQs
Persistent tapas, sustained over time, culminates in divine satisfaction and compassionate instruction from Śiva.
The Hāṭakeśvara-related tīrtha narrative is being advanced; Śiva’s pleasure legitimizes the site’s sanctity in the Māhātmya.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the fruit of long tapas—Śiva’s anugraha.