Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
अयमेव वरो मह्यं देयो देवैः सुतोषितैः । स्थानलोपो यथा न स्याद्यथा कीर्तिर्भवेन्मम
ayameva varo mahyaṃ deyo devaiḥ sutoṣitaiḥ | sthānalopo yathā na syādyathā kīrtirbhavenmama
সম্পূর্ণ তুষ্ট দেবগণের নিকট আমি এই একটিই বর চাই—এই পবিত্র স্থানের যেন কোনো লোপ বা ক্ষয় না হয়, আর আমার যশ যেন চিরস্থায়ী হয়।
Unspecified narrator addressing Nārada (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage) addressed in the surrounding narration
Scene: A sage/devotee petitions the assembled gods for a single boon: that the sacred place never declines and that his renown endure as its protector.
FAQs
Protecting and preserving a sacred place is itself a dharmic boon, yielding lasting kīrti (honorable renown).
Not explicitly named in this verse; it speaks generally of preserving the sanctity and continuity of the “sthāna.”
A formal boon-request: that the sacred station not deteriorate (sthānalopa-abhāva) and that merit-bearing renown arise.