Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
ततो वर्षसहस्राभ्यां तस्य तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा वृषारूढः सहोमया
tato varṣasahasrābhyāṃ tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | provāca darśanaṃ gatvā vṛṣārūḍhaḥ sahomayā
پھر ہزار برس کے بعد مہیشور اس پر خوش ہوا۔ بیل پر سوار، اور اُما کے ساتھ، وہ جلوہ گر ہوا اور اس سے کلام فرمایا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: the devotee (Siddha/dvija)
Scene: After a thousand years of austerity, Śiva appears in person—mounted on Nandin (bull), accompanied by Umā—granting darśana and speaking to the devotee; a luminous theophany at the shrine.
FAQs
Persistent tapas culminates in divine darśana; grace is depicted as the ripened fruit of steadfast practice.
The appearance occurs at the same kṣetra of the narrative—Camatkārapura—whose power is being celebrated.
No new prescription here; it narrates the fruition of prior vows and austerities leading to Śiva’s darśana.