Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
ततो मया हरः प्रोक्तो यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । कुरुष्व मां गणं देव नान्यत्किंचिद्वृणोम्यहम्
tato mayā haraḥ prokto yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | kuruṣva māṃ gaṇaṃ deva nānyatkiṃcidvṛṇomyaham
تب میں نے ہَر (شیو) سے کہا: اگر تو مجھ سے راضی ہے، اے پروردگار، تو اے دیو! مجھے اپنے گنوں میں شامل کر لے۔ میں اس کے سوا کچھ نہیں مانگتا۔
Devotee/Narrator (speaking to Śiva)
Tirtha: Kailāsa (as Śiva-dhāma ideal)
Type: peak
Listener: Hara/Śiva (addressed as प्रभो, देव)
Scene: The devotee, rejecting all other boons, asks only to become Śiva’s gaṇa; Śiva stands radiant, trident-bearing, while the devotee speaks with unwavering humility.
FAQs
The highest aspiration is intimate service to Śiva (gaṇatva), not material gain—devotion seeks proximity, not profit.
The verse highlights the devotee’s boon-request; the site remains in the chapter’s tīrtha backdrop rather than being named here.
No prescription; it records the devotee’s chosen boon: becoming Śiva’s gaṇa.