Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
वरं वरय चास्माकं तस्मादद्य भविष्यति । हृतत्स्थितं दुर्लभं भूप सर्वेषामिह देहिनाम्
varaṃ varaya cāsmākaṃ tasmādadya bhaviṣyati | hṛtatsthitaṃ durlabhaṃ bhūpa sarveṣāmiha dehinām
«اطلبْ مني نعمةً تختارها؛ فاليوم تُمنَح لك. يا أيها الملك، إن ثباتَ القلب وعدمَ اضطرابه لأهل الأجساد في هذا العالم لأمرٌ نادرٌ جداً»۔
Śanaiścara (implied, speaking to the king before 'rājovāca')
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial benefactor offers a boon, praising the king’s rare steadiness of heart; the scene centers on calm faces, controlled emotion, and the gravity of granting a vara.
FAQs
Inner steadiness (a firm heart) is rare and therefore a true spiritual attainment; divine grace supports it.
The verse sits within the Tīrthamāhātmya framework of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but this line itself emphasizes moral teaching rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None explicitly in this verse; it introduces the granting of a boon that leads into later śānti and dāna instructions.