Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
श्रीभगवानुवाच । वरं वरय भद्रं ते यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते । दास्यामि ते प्रसन्नोऽहं यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
śrībhagavānuvāca | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi varttate | dāsyāmi te prasanno'haṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham
Đức Thế Tôn phán: “Hãy chọn một ân ban—nguyện điều lành đến với ngươi—bất cứ điều gì đang ở trong tâm ngươi. Ta đã hoan hỷ; Ta sẽ ban cho ngươi, dẫu điều ấy cực kỳ khó được.”
Śiva (as Śrī Bhagavān in context)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The king-sage devotee (and by extension Pulastya’s audience)
Scene: Śiva speaks compassionately, offering any boon; the devotee stands with folded hands, the liṅga glowing between them as witness.
FAQs
Divine prasāda (pleased grace) can make even the rarest attainments accessible to the devoted.
The Siddheśvara sacred setting in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where Śiva’s boon-bestowing is remembered as part of the site’s greatness.
Implicitly, devotion and tapas that lead to prasannatā (divine satisfaction); the verse itself is a boon-invitation.