Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
उवाच वरदोऽस्मीति प्रार्थयस्व यथेप्सितम् । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
uvāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham
اس نے فرمایا: “میں بر دینے والا ہوں؛ جو چاہو مانگو۔ اگرچہ وہ نہایت دشوار و نایاب ہو، میں تمہیں سب کچھ عطا کروں گا۔”
Śiva (Maheśvara/Mahādeva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dhundhumāra
Scene: Śiva, newly manifest, speaks words of assurance—hand raised in abhaya/varada mudrā—inviting the devotee to ask any boon.
FAQs
When devotion matures, grace responds directly—Śiva presents himself as the compassionate giver of boons.
The boon-dialogue occurs in the Camatkārapura kṣetra setting established earlier in the chapter.
No specific rite is prescribed; it introduces the boon request that will define ongoing worship at the liṅga.