Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
इंद्र उवाच । विश्वामित्र प्रतुष्टोऽस्मि तपसानेन पार्थिव । वरं वरय भद्रं ते यदभीष्टं हृदिस्थितम्
iṃdra uvāca | viśvāmitra pratuṣṭo'smi tapasānena pārthiva | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yadabhīṣṭaṃ hṛdisthitam
قال إندرا: «يا فيشواميترا، أيها الملك، لقد سُرِرتُ بتقشّفك سرورًا عظيمًا. فاختر نعمةً—ولتكن لك البركة—أيَّ ما استقرّ من رغبةٍ في قلبك».
Indra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśvāmitra
Scene: Indra speaks with open palm in boon-giving gesture; Viśvāmitra remains composed, eyes lowered, radiating tapas; the atmosphere brightens as fear turns to formal blessing.
FAQs
Austerity undertaken with resolve is acknowledged as meritorious and capable of yielding divine boons.
Not specified in this verse; it is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context.
No direct prescription; the verse frames tapas as the cause for boon-bestowal.