Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
यदहं रूपसंपन्नो वयसा च समन्वितः । कृतो भवद्भ्यां वृद्धः सन्भार्यां च प्राप्तवान्निजाम् । तद्ब्रूतं वै विधास्यामि भवतोर्यदभीप्सितम्
yadahaṃ rūpasaṃpanno vayasā ca samanvitaḥ | kṛto bhavadbhyāṃ vṛddhaḥ sanbhāryāṃ ca prāptavānnijām | tadbrūtaṃ vai vidhāsyāmi bhavatoryadabhīpsitam
তোমাদের দ্বারা আমি রূপসম্পন্ন ও যৌবনযুক্ত হয়েছি; পূর্বে বৃদ্ধ হয়েও আমি আমার নিজ স্ত্রীকে লাভ করেছি। অতএব তোমরা যা কামনা কর, বলো—আমি অবশ্যই তা সম্পন্ন করব।
Cyavana
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Cyavana, rejuvenated, speaks with folded hands to the twin Aśvins, acknowledging their gift of youth and marital fulfillment, and offers to accomplish their desire—an oath-like moment.
FAQs
Gratitude expressed through dharmic action—repaying help by fulfilling a rightful request.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Cyavana’s sacred story magnifies the kṣetra’s sanctity.
None explicitly; it foreshadows ritual entitlement (Soma-drinking) discussed next.