Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
रुद्रा ऊचुः । एकादशप्रकारोऽहं तुष्टो वस्तापसोत्तमाः । बहुभक्त्यतिरेकेण व्रियतां च यथेप्सितम्
rudrā ūcuḥ | ekādaśaprakāro'haṃ tuṣṭo vastāpasottamāḥ | bahubhaktyatirekeṇa vriyatāṃ ca yathepsitam
رودر بولے: “میں گیارہ صورتوں میں موجود ہوں، اے تپسویوں کے سردارو! میں تم سے خوش ہوں۔ تمہاری بے پناہ اور برتر بھکتی کے سبب، جو چاہو وہ ور مانگ لو۔”
Rudrāḥ (the Eleven Rudras collectively)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eleven Rudras speak in unison or through a chief Rudra, radiating calm power; the ascetics listen, hands folded; the moment centers on varada (boon-giving) and revelation of elevenfold presence.
FAQs
Extraordinary devotion (bahu-bhakti) ripens into divine satisfaction and the granting of worthy desires.
The episode occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the Rudras offer a boon as a result of the ascetics’ devotion.