Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
तुष्टस्तस्मै वरं प्रादाद्ब्रध्नो वृद्धतपस्विने । अलं विलंब्य याचस्व कस्ते देयो वरो मया
tuṣṭastasmai varaṃ prādādbradhno vṛddhatapasvine | alaṃ vilaṃbya yācasva kaste deyo varo mayā
પ્રસન્ન થઈ બ્રધ્ન (સૂર્ય) એ વૃદ્ધ તપસ્વીને વર આપ્યો—“વિલંબ પૂરતો; માગો! હું તમને કયો વર આપું?”
Skanda (narrating); direct speech by Sūrya (Bradhna)
Tirtha: Vṛddhāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Sun deity (Bradhna) manifests, radiant and pleased, addressing the aged ascetic with urgency to ask a boon; the shrine glows with solar light.
FAQs
Sincere austerity and worship draw divine grace, culminating in the deity’s willingness to bestow a boon.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the sacred setting where Sūrya’s boon-giving encounter occurs.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights the boon-granting result of sustained worship and tapas.