Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
तथा स्यात्परमं रूपं तारुण्यं त्वत्प्रसादतः । यथास्य जायते सौख्यं तापसस्यापि मे पितुः
tathā syātparamaṃ rūpaṃ tāruṇyaṃ tvatprasādataḥ | yathāsya jāyate saukhyaṃ tāpasasyāpi me pituḥ
Und durch deine Gnade schenke mir höchste Schönheit und Jugend, damit auch meinem Vater Glück erwachse, obgleich er nun ein Asket ist.
Karṇotpalā
Type: kund
Scene: The devotee expands her request: not only a beautiful husband, but also her own youth and beauty, explicitly for her ascetic father’s happiness.
FAQs
A devotee’s prayer can be compassionate and family-centered, seeking welfare for elders alongside personal blessings.
The tīrtha is implied as the setting of Devī’s boon; the bathing-place (jalāśaya) is specified in the following instruction.
None here; it extends the requested boons (beauty, youth, and familial happiness).