Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
पुत्रि तुष्टास्मि भद्रं ते स्तोत्रेणानेन चानघे । वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव दास्यामि वांछितम्
putri tuṣṭāsmi bhadraṃ te stotreṇānena cānaghe | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tava dāsyāmi vāṃchitam
„Tochter, ich bin mit dir zufrieden—Heil sei dir—durch diesen Hymnus, o Makellose. Wähle eine Gabe; Heil sei dir. Ich werde dir gewähren, was du begehrst.“
Devī (the Goddess, newly manifest)
Tirtha: Nāgara Devī-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Scene: The manifested Goddess, radiant and compassionate, addresses the ascetic woman as ‘daughter,’ offering a boon; the devotee stands with folded hands, eyes lowered in reverence.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through hymn and purity of intent draws the Goddess’s pleasure and boon-bestowal.
A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the Goddess becomes pratyakṣa and offers boons (Adhyāya 169).
Recitation/praise by a specific stotra is presented as the cause for receiving a desired boon.