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
“Sự hiển hiện của Ta chớ thành uổng phí. Hỡi bậc lưỡng sinh, hãy nhận một ân huệ từ Ta—điều ngươi ước nguyện, tâu Đại vương, dẫu có khó được đến tột cùng.”
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.