Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
एतानि देवसद्मानि मदीयानि नरो भुवि । यो यं काममभिध्याय पूजयेच्छ्रद्धयाऽन्वितः । प्रसादादेव युष्माकं तस्य तत्स्यादसंशयम्
etāni devasadmāni madīyāni naro bhuvi | yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya pūjayecchraddhayā'nvitaḥ | prasādādeva yuṣmākaṃ tasya tatsyādasaṃśayam
„Diese göttlichen Heiligtümer auf Erden sind die meinen. Welchen Wunsch auch immer ein Mensch im Sinn erwägt und hier, von Glauben erfüllt, zu dessen Erfüllung verehrt—durch eure Gnade wird ihm jenes gewiss zuteil, ohne Zweifel.“
A presiding deity of the tīrtha/temple (contextual, not explicitly named in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cluster of radiant shrines on earth is proclaimed ‘mine’; a devotee stands with offerings, mentally forming a desire, while brāhmaṇas/priests bestow blessings; the atmosphere suggests certainty of boon through grace.
FAQs
Faithful worship at a sanctified shrine, supported by divine grace, yields the intended fruit; śraddhā and prasāda are central.
The verse praises the local ‘devasadmāni’ (divine shrines) within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the precise place-name is implied by the surrounding narrative.
Pūjā (worship) performed with śraddhā, while mentally focusing on one’s dhārmic desire (kāma) as the intention.