Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
यः पुनः शिवदीक्षाढ्यो भस्मस्नानपरायणः । तत्समाराधनं कुर्याच्छृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्
yaḥ punaḥ śivadīkṣāḍhyo bhasmasnānaparāyaṇaḥ | tatsamārādhanaṃ kuryācchṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam
اور پھر—جو شیو دیكشا سے سرفراز ہو اور بھسم سے سنان میں یکسو ہو، اگر وہ اسی پرسادنا کو کرے تو سنو کہ اسے بھی کیا پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Śaiva initiate with tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa performs worship after bhasma-snāna; a guru figure bestows dīkṣā; the shrine glows as the narrator invites the listener to ‘hear the fruit’.
FAQs
Initiation and disciplined Śaiva observance (bhasma practice) intensify the efficacy and promised fruits of worship.
No site is named in this verse; it sets up a graded discussion of fruits within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
Śiva-dīkṣā (initiation) and bhasma-snāna (ritual ash-bath/ash application), along with samārādhana (propitiation).