Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
याज्ञवल्क्य वरं ब्रूहि यत्ते मनसि रोचते । सर्वमेव प्रदास्यामि नादेयं विद्यते त्वयि
yājñavalkya varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi rocate | sarvameva pradāsyāmi nādeyaṃ vidyate tvayi
„Yājñavalkya, sprich den Wunsch aus, der deinem Herzen gefällt. Ich werde dir alles gewähren – nichts gibt es, was dir vorzuenthalten wäre.“
Bhāskara (Sūrya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhāskara, now approachable, addresses Yājñavalkya by name, offering any boon; the sage listens with folded hands, the kuṇḍa shimmering beside them.
FAQs
When devotion ripens, the deity responds personally, inviting the devotee to choose a boon aligned with dharma.
The setting remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, the sacred place where this boon-bestowal occurs.
No new ritual is stated; it continues the narrative outcome of sustained worship culminating in vara-pradāna (granting of a boon).