Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तुष्टस्तस्य महेश्वरः । प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा सह सूर्य वृषेश्वरैः
tato varṣasahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ | provāca darśanaṃ gatvā saha sūrya vṛṣeśvaraiḥ
پھر ہزار برس کے اختتام پر، اُس سے خوش ہو کر مہیشور سورَی اور ورِشیشور کے ساتھ جلوہ گر ہوئے اور بولے۔
Viśvāmitra (narrating)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva (king)
Scene: After a millennium of austerity, Śiva manifests before the ascetic, with Sūrya blazing nearby and Vṛṣeśvara (bull-associated Śiva aspect/Nandin-linked presence) attending; the devotee prostrates as divine speech begins.
FAQs
Persevering tapas culminates in darśana: divine grace arrives when discipline, repentance, and devotion mature.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is implicitly glorified as the stage where a millennium of penance yields Śiva’s direct appearance.
Not a prescription here; it narrates the fruit (phala) of prolonged tapas—Śiva’s darśana.