Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
न वृथा दर्शनं मे स्याद्वरो मे गृह्यतां द्विज । यदभीष्टं महाराज यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādvaro me gṛhyatāṃ dvija | yadabhīṣṭaṃ mahārāja yadyapi syātsudurlabham
میرا ظہور بے فائدہ نہ ہو۔ اے دو بار جنم لینے والے، مجھ سے ایک ور قبول کرو؛ اے مہاراج، جو کچھ تم چاہو، اگرچہ وہ نہایت دشوار الحصول ہی کیوں نہ ہو۔
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa (dvija) and addressed ‘mahārāja’ within the scene
Scene: A divine figure addresses a brāhmaṇa/kingly devotee, offering a boon so the epiphany is not ‘in vain’; the devotee stands with folded hands in a tīrtha landscape.
FAQs
Darśana is portrayed as purposeful and grace-filled: sincere devotion draws the Lord’s boon-bestowing compassion.
The boon occurs in the Arbuda mountain setting within the Piṇḍāraka-related māhātmya framework.
No new rite is prescribed; the verse presents the fruit (phala) of devotion and prior discipline—Śiva’s granting of a boon.