Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
ब्रह्मोवाच । परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते वत्स वरं वरय सुव्रत । तुष्टोऽहं ते प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम् । अन्धक उवाच । यदि यच्छसि मे ब्रह्मन्वरं मनसि वांछितम् । जरामरणनाशाय दीयतां सुरसत्तम
brahmovāca | parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata | tuṣṭo'haṃ te pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham | andhaka uvāca | yadi yacchasi me brahmanvaraṃ manasi vāṃchitam | jarāmaraṇanāśāya dīyatāṃ surasattama
Brahmā dit : «Mon enfant, je suis pleinement satisfait de toi ; ô toi qui demeures ferme dans tes vœux, choisis une grâce. Dans ma satisfaction, je te l’accorderai, fût-elle extrêmement difficile à obtenir.» Andhaka dit : «Si tu m’accordes, ô Brahman, la grâce désirée par mon cœur, qu’elle soit donnée pour anéantir la vieillesse et la mort, ô le meilleur parmi les dieux.»
Dialogue: Brahmā and Andhaka
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā addresses the tapasvin affectionately, offering any boon; Andhaka, intense and resolute, asks for the destruction of old age and death—an audacious request framed as a direct petition.
FAQs
Tapas can win divine favor, yet the seeker’s intention matters—boons sought from egoic fear of death can shape later destiny.
No specific tīrtha is named in this dialogue line; it functions as narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.
No ritual is prescribed here; it records the boon-offering and the request (vara-yācñā).