Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
वज्रांग उवाच । आसुरो मेऽस्तु मा भावः शक्रराज्ये च मा रतिः । तपोधर्मरतिश्चास्तु वृणोम्येतत्पितामह
vajrāṃga uvāca | āsuro me'stu mā bhāvaḥ śakrarājye ca mā ratiḥ | tapodharmaratiścāstu vṛṇomyetatpitāmaha
বজ্ৰাঙ্গ ক’লে: “মোৰ ভিতৰত আসুৰী ভাব নাথাকক, আৰু শক্ৰৰ ৰাজ্যত মোৰ ৰতি নাহওক। তপ আৰু ধৰ্মতহে মোৰ আসক্তি হওক—এইয়েই মই বাছোঁ, হে পিতামহ।”
Vajrāṅga
Scene: Vajrāṅga, hands folded, speaks with serene firmness to Brahmā: he refuses Indra’s throne and asks for delight in tapas and dharma; Brahmā listens attentively.
FAQs
The highest ‘boon’ is inner transformation—renouncing violent ambition and choosing tapas and dharma over political power.
No site is praised; the verse is a moral declaration about right desire and disciplined living.
A general commitment to tapas (austerity) and dharma is stated, without naming a specific vrata procedure.