Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82
तस्मात्कुरु क्षयं व्याधेर्यदि यच्छसि मे वरम् । खेचरत्वं पुनर्देहि येन स्वर्गं व्रजाम्यहम्
tasmātkuru kṣayaṃ vyādheryadi yacchasi me varam | khecaratvaṃ punardehi yena svargaṃ vrajāmyaham
“সেয়ে, যদি তুমি মোক বৰ দিয়া, তেন্তে মোৰ ৰোগৰ ক্ষয় কৰাঁ। আৰু মোক পুনৰ খেচৰত্ব—আকাশে বিচৰণৰ অৱস্থা—দিয়া, যাতে মই স্বৰ্গলৈ গমন কৰিব পাৰোঁ।”
Citrāṅgada (Gandharva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Citrāṅgada formally asks for two boons: end of disease and restoration of khecaratva so he may return to svarga; Śiva listens, poised to grant.
FAQs
A devotee asks for wholeness—freedom from suffering and restoration of rightful dharmic station—through divine grace.
The broader passage is within a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse itself does not name the site.
None directly; it is a request for vara (boon).
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