Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
रक्तशृंग उवाच । एष एव वरोऽस्माकं यत्त्वं तुष्टः सुरेश्वर । किं वरेण करिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादादहं सुखी
raktaśṛṃga uvāca | eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ yattvaṃ tuṣṭaḥ sureśvara | kiṃ vareṇa kariṣyāmi tvatprasādādahaṃ sukhī
قال رَكْتَشْرِنْغَا: «هذا وحده عَطاؤنا: أن تكون راضيًا، يا ربَّ الآلهة. ماذا أصنع بعطاءٍ آخر؟ بفضلك أنا في سكينةٍ وقناعة.»
Raktaśṛṅga (explicit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Raktaśṛṅga stands with folded hands before radiant Indra, face calm and grateful; the gesture communicates refusal of material boon and acceptance of divine pleasure as sufficient.
FAQs
The highest gift is divine satisfaction and grace; worldly boons are secondary to the joy of being favored by dharma and the devas.
Indirectly, the dialogue sanctifies the same locale by portraying its founding episode and the deva’s pleased presence there.
None; it is a bhakti-centered response emphasizing prasāda over material rewards.