Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
चातुर्मास्यां व्यतीतायां यदा संप्रस्थितो मुनिः । तदा प्रोवाच मां तुष्टः पुत्रि किं करवाणि ते
cāturmāsyāṃ vyatītāyāṃ yadā saṃprasthito muniḥ | tadā provāca māṃ tuṣṭaḥ putri kiṃ karavāṇi te
চাতুর্মাস্য শেষ হলে, মুনি যখন প্রস্থান করতে উদ্যত হলেন, তখন সন্তুষ্ট হয়ে তিনি আমাকে বললেন—“কন্যে, তোমার জন্য আমি কী করব?”
A sage (muni) addressing a woman (putrī) in a tīrtha-narrative
Scene: After the four sacred months, the sage prepares to depart; pleased, he addresses the devoted woman as ‘daughter’ and offers to grant her a boon.
FAQs
Sincere service during sacred observances culminates in divine or saintly grace expressed as a boon.
The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 178); the broader passage is a tīrtha-context narrative, though this line itself does not name the site.
Cāturmāsya—the four-month religious season—is referenced as the completed observance framing the boon.
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