Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
ब्रह्मोवाच । यदि प्रसन्नो देवेश वरं दास्यसि वांछितम् । तदा त्वं मे भव सुतो देवी दक्षसुताऽस्तु च
brahmovāca | yadi prasanno deveśa varaṃ dāsyasi vāṃchitam | tadā tvaṃ me bhava suto devī dakṣasutā'stu ca
ブラフマーは言った。「もし満悦して、神々の主よ、望む恩寵を授けてくださるなら、あなたは我が子となり、女神はまたダクシャの娘となりますように。」
Brahmā
Tirtha: Satīśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Brahmā petitions Śiva for an extraordinary boon: that Śiva become his son and that the Goddess be born as Dakṣa’s daughter—foreshadowing the Satī cycle.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives frame divine incarnation and cosmic relationships as purposeful events supporting dharma and sacred history.
The request sets up the Satī-related Śaiva narrative that culminates in Satīśvara in Kāśī.
None; this is a boon-request establishing theological backstory.