Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
तामुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा वर्षांते तुष्टिमागतः । वरं प्रार्थय तुष्टोऽहं तव केशववल्लभे
tāmuvāca tato brahmā varṣāṃte tuṣṭimāgataḥ | varaṃ prārthaya tuṣṭo'haṃ tava keśavavallabhe
À la fin de l’année, Brahmā, désormais pleinement satisfait, lui dit : «Demande une grâce; je suis content de toi, ô bien-aimée de Keśava (Viṣṇu).»
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the completion of a year, Brahmā appears, four-faced and radiant on a lotus, addressing Lakṣmī with compassionate authority, inviting her to ask a boon.
FAQs
Steady devotion and austerity culminate in divine grace, where the deity invites the devotee to ask for a boon.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is part of the chapter’s local sacred geography rather than named in this single line.
None explicitly here; it establishes the boon-granting moment after a completed period of observance.