Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
वरं वरय कल्याणि नित्यं मनसि संस्थितम् । अदेयमपि दास्यामि सांप्रतं तव भामिनि
varaṃ varaya kalyāṇi nityaṃ manasi saṃsthitam | adeyamapi dāsyāmi sāṃprataṃ tava bhāmini
«Choisis une grâce, ô bienheureuse, celle qui demeure sans cesse en ton cœur. Même ce qu’on tient pour “impossible à accorder”, je te le donnerai à présent, ô femme rayonnante.»
Śiva (implied; continuing speech in the narrative)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Śiva leans slightly forward in compassionate authority, offering any boon; the princess glows with hope, the moment suspended before the naming of a sacred pond.
FAQs
Wholehearted devotion culminates in divine generosity; God’s grace can transcend ordinary limitations.
It introduces the boon that will define the fame and naming of a local tīrtha described immediately after.
No ritual is specified; the verse concerns granting of a boon (vara).