Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
तस्माद्वरय भद्रं ते यं वरं मनसि स्थितम् । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te yaṃ varaṃ manasi sthitam | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham
Darum wähle eine Gabe—Heil sei dir—welche Gabe auch immer in deinem Herzen ruht. Ich werde dir alles gewähren, selbst wenn es überaus schwer zu erlangen ist.
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, benevolent and radiant, extends a gesture of boon-giving toward Indra; the surrounding devas watch in reverent silence, the tīrtha waters glinting nearby.
FAQs
Merit earned through service and purity ripens into divine grace; boons are framed as rewards for dharmic conduct.
The tīrtha setting of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya (Adhyāya 190), where sacred acts lead to varadāna (boon-bestowal).
No new rite; it introduces varadāna—granting of a boon as the fruit of prior ritual conduct.