Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
नीरोगो वा नरः सद्यो लभते मनसेप्सितम् । निष्कामो मोक्षमाप्नोति प्रसादात्तीक्ष्णदीधितेः
nīrogo vā naraḥ sadyo labhate manasepsitam | niṣkāmo mokṣamāpnoti prasādāttīkṣṇadīdhiteḥ
তীক্ষ্ণ-দীধিতি প্ৰভু (তেজস্বী দেৱতা)ৰ প্ৰসাদে নৰ নীৰোগ হয় আৰু মনত যি কামনা কৰে সেয়া শীঘ্ৰে লাভ কৰে; আৰু যি নিষ্কাম, সি মোক্ষ লাভ কৰে।
Sūta
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Tīkṣṇadīdhiti-prasāda)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two pilgrims before the same radiant Bhāskara: one prays for healing and desired aims; the other stands serene, hands folded, eyes lowered in detachment—both receiving the deity’s sharp-rayed grace.
FAQs
Grace received through tīrtha-sevā can grant both worldly fulfillment and, for the desireless seeker, liberation.
Within this Adhyāya’s Puṣkara-centered tīrtha-māhātmya, the verse praises the boon-giving power associated with the Puṣkara sacred field.
No single act is named here; it summarizes the fruits (health, wishes, mokṣa) obtained by the deity’s grace in the tīrtha context.
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