Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
सोथ प्रसन्नाद्द्युमणेरवृणीत वरं मुनिः । यदि प्रसन्नो भगवान्युवत्वं देहि मे पुनः
sotha prasannāddyumaṇeravṛṇīta varaṃ muniḥ | yadi prasanno bhagavānyuvatvaṃ dehi me punaḥ
तब प्रसन्न द्युमणि (सूर्य) से मुनि ने वर चुना—“यदि भगवान् प्रसन्न हैं, तो मुझे फिर से यौवन प्रदान करें।”
Skanda (narrating); request voiced by Vṛddhahārīta
Tirtha: Vṛddhāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The aged sage, moved and hopeful, asks the radiant Sun for youth again; contrast between wrinkled ascetic body and blazing youthful solar deity.
FAQs
A devotee seeks not luxury but renewed capacity to pursue dharma—here symbolized by regained youth for tapas.
The Kāśī sacred sphere where Vṛddhāditya/Sūrya worship yields extraordinary boons.
The verse implies boon-seeking after worship; it does not specify a separate ritual beyond devotion and propitiation.