Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88
अनसूयोवाच । त्वत्प्रसादेन देवर्षे वरं प्राप्तास्मि दुर्लभम् । तेन देवाः प्रशंसन्ति सिद्धाश्च ऋषयोऽमलाः
anasūyovāca | tvatprasādena devarṣe varaṃ prāptāsmi durlabham | tena devāḥ praśaṃsanti siddhāśca ṛṣayo'malāḥ
Anasūyā sprach: „Durch deine Gunst, o göttlicher Seher, habe ich eine Gabe erlangt, die schwer zu gewinnen ist. Deswegen preisen mich die Götter, und ebenso die Siddhas und die makellosen Weisen.“
Anasūyā
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-sphere (episode locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devarṣi (Atri addressed as ‘devarṣe’)
Scene: Anasūyā speaks with folded hands to the divine seer, expressing that the boon came by his favor; celestial beings (devas, siddhas, ṛṣis) appear as approving witnesses.
FAQs
Spiritual attainments are ultimately sealed by grace and recognized by the wider divine community—gods, siddhas, and sages.
The Revā-kṣetra background remains implied; the verse centers on the fruit of tapas within a holy setting.
None; the verse emphasizes prasāda (grace) rather than a procedural rite.