Shloka 1.38.6
सगरस्य पुत्रलाभः — Sagara’s Boons, Progeny, and the Rise of the Sixty Thousand
अथ वर्षशते पूर्णे तपसाऽराधितो मुनि:।सगराय वरं प्रादाद्भृगुस्सत्यवतां वर:।।।।
atha varṣaśate pūrṇe tapasārādhito muniḥ | sagarāya varaṃ prādād bhṛguḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ ||
Then, when a full hundred years had passed, the sage Bhṛgu—pleased by that austerity and foremost among the truthful—granted Sagara a boon.
When Sagara completed a hundred years in austerities, highly pleased by his performance, ascetic Bhrugu, the best among the truthful granted him a boon.
Spiritual authority is grounded in satya and tapas: the boon comes not from favoritism, but from disciplined effort and the sage’s truth-rooted character.
After a long period of penance, Bhṛgu appears (or responds) and grants Sagara a boon.
Satyatva (truthfulness) as an ideal of sages, and tapas as the means by which desires are purified and fulfilled.