Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
तस्यापि दर्शनं गत्वा प्रीत्या वचनमब्रवीत् । पुष्प तुष्टोस्मि भद्रं ते वरं प्रार्थय सुव्रत
tasyāpi darśanaṃ gatvā prītyā vacanamabravīt | puṣpa tuṣṭosmi bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya suvrata
Als er hinging, Ihn zu schauen, sprach die Gottheit liebevoll: „Puṣpa, ich bin mit dir zufrieden — sei gesegnet. O du mit guten Gelübden, erbitte eine Gabe.“
Puṣpāditya / Āditya-devatā (implied, addressing Puṣpa)
Tirtha: Puṣpāditya-darśana at Sarasvatī-tīra
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: In the shrine by the Sarasvatī, the deity manifests and speaks kindly to Puṣpa, who stands with folded hands, eyes lowered, radiance filling the sanctum as the boon is offered.
FAQs
Steady worship and right conduct attract divine grace, culminating in darśana and the offering of a boon.
The setting continues at Sarasvatī-tīra in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative, where worship leads to divine encounter.
Darśana and ongoing pūjā are implied as the cause for the deity’s satisfaction and boon-offering.