Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38
यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । अत्र तीर्थे जगन्नाथ सदा संनिहितो भव
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama | atra tīrthe jagannātha sadā saṃnihito bhava
«إن كنتَ راضيًا يا ربَّ الآلهة، وإن كان لي عندك عطاءٌ يُمنَح، فكن هنا في هذا التيرثا، يا ربَّ العالم (جَگَنّاثا)، حاضرًا على الدوام.»
Kāmadeva
Tirtha: Kuṇḍaleśvara-tīrtha (implied by context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly
Scene: Kāmadeva, still in añjali, asks that Jagannātha (Śiva) remain forever at the tīrtha; the landscape subtly transforms—light anchors into the shrine as if the deity’s presence is being fixed into the place.
FAQs
The highest boon is divine saṃnidhya—God’s abiding presence sanctifying a place for all beings.
A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha on/near the Narmadā; the next verses connect this request to the installation of a Śiva-liṅga.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a boon-request establishing the theological basis for a deity’s permanent presence at a tīrtha.