Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
इति श्रुत्वा परिष्टुत्य दुर्वासाः कृत्तिवाससम् । वरं च प्रार्थयामास परिहृष्ट तनूरुहः
iti śrutvā pariṣṭutya durvāsāḥ kṛttivāsasam | varaṃ ca prārthayāmāsa parihṛṣṭa tanūruhaḥ
闻此言后，杜尔瓦萨四方赞颂克利提瓦萨（湿婆）；他喜悦得周身毛发竖立，遂祈求一项恩赐。
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Durvāsā, the fierce ascetic, stands before Kṛttivāsa Śiva; he circumambulates in praise, hair standing on end in devotional rapture, then bows to ask a boon.
FAQs
Sincere praise (stuti) and devotion prepare the devotee to receive divine grace in the form of a boon.
The narrative is moving toward the consecration of a liṅga and a pond in Kāśī—later named Kāmeśvara and Kāmakūṇḍa.
Implicitly, stuti (hymnic praise) as a devotional act; no explicit vrata or dāna is stated here.