Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
विषकन्योवाच । नाहं त्वत्तो वरं देवि प्रार्थयामि कथञ्चन । तथान्यासामपींद्राणि देवतानामसंशयम्
viṣakanyovāca | nāhaṃ tvatto varaṃ devi prārthayāmi kathañcana | tathānyāsāmapīṃdrāṇi devatānāmasaṃśayam
قالت فتاةُ السُّمِّ: «يا إلهة، لا أطلب منكِ نعمةً قطّ، على أيّ وجه. وكذلك لا أطلب من سائر الآلهة—ولا حتى من إندرا نفسه—ولا ريب.»
Viṣakanyakā
Listener: Śakrāṇī
Scene: The poison-maiden, palms joined, calmly declines boons from Śakrāṇī and even from Indra—her face resolute, detached, and sincere.
FAQs
True devotion may seek not rewards but alignment with the highest divine will—renunciation of boons signals spiritual maturity.
The tīrtha-māhātmya setting is Adhyāya 62 of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; the site is not specified within this single verse.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes intent—refusing boons and turning away from lesser aims.