Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
प्रोवाच च सरिच्छेष्ठे त्वयोक्तं यत्तथास्तु तत् । गृहाण पुण्यनिलये वितरामि वरांतरम्
provāca ca sariccheṣṭhe tvayoktaṃ yattathāstu tat | gṛhāṇa puṇyanilaye vitarāmi varāṃtaram
ત્યારે તેમણે નદીશ્રેષ્ઠાને કહ્યું— “તમે જે કહ્યું છે તે જ થાઓ. હે પુણ્યનિલયે, સ્વીકારો; હું તમને બીજો પણ વર આપું છું.”
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Śiva raises his hand in varada-mudrā, affirming Revā’s request and offering an additional boon; Revā’s posture shifts from petition to grateful receptivity, river shimmering like liquid merit.
FAQs
When devotion is chosen, divine grace naturally expands and grants further blessings.
Revā/Narmadā is glorified as a puṇya-nilaya, a sacred locus of merit.
None directly; the verse introduces further tīrtha-related boons to be declared.