Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
मृडान्यापि तथेत्युक्ता राज्ञी भक्त्यातितुष्टया । अथ कालेन तनयं मूलर्क्षे साप्यजीजनत्
mṛḍānyāpi tathetyuktā rājñī bhaktyātituṣṭayā | atha kālena tanayaṃ mūlarkṣe sāpyajījanat
ولمّا سُرَّت مُرْدَانِي (بارفَتِي) سرورًا لا حدّ له بتعبّد الملكة، قالت: «ليكن كذلك». ثم مع مرور الزمن، ولدت الملكة ابنًا تحت المنزلة القمرية مُولا (Mūla).
Narrator voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (deductively: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pārvatī (Mṛḍānī) joyfully grants the boon; later the queen gives birth under the Mūla nakṣatra, with attendants noting the lunar mansion.
FAQs
Bhakti is shown as immediately efficacious: divine assent (“tathāstu”) ripens into worldly fulfillment in due time.
The broader setting is Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), but this verse itself highlights the boon’s fruition rather than a named tirtha.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse notes devotion and the timing of birth under Mūla nakṣatra.