Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
सा वव्रे मम पुत्रोऽस्तु भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादतः । शूरः शस्त्रैरवध्यश्च विप्रदानवरूपधृक्
sā vavre mama putro'stu bhagavaṃstvatprasādataḥ | śūraḥ śastrairavadhyaśca vipradānavarūpadhṛk
তাই বৰ বাছিলে: “হে ভগৱান, তোমাৰ প্ৰসাদে মোৰ এজন পুত্ৰ হওক—বীৰ, অস্ত্ৰে অবধ্য, আৰু ব্ৰাহ্মণ আৰু দানৱ দুয়ো ৰূপ ধাৰণ কৰিব পৰা।”
Ramā (quoted within Sūta’s narration)
Scene: The devotee, hands folded, states her boon before Śiva: a heroic son, weapon-invulnerable, capable of assuming brāhmaṇa and dānava forms; Śiva listens in calm varada posture.
FAQs
Boons reflect the seeker’s intention; Purāṇas warn that extraordinary powers can shape destiny and must align with dharma.
Not specified in this verse; it is part of the background narrative that supports the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
None directly; the request follows prolonged tapas and worship described earlier.