Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
सूर्य उवाच । वरं वरय विप्रर्षे यस्ते मनसि वर्तते । तुष्टोऽहं तव दास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
sūrya uvāca | varaṃ varaya viprarṣe yaste manasi vartate | tuṣṭo'haṃ tava dāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham
スーリヤは言った。「婆羅門の聖仙よ、汝の心に宿る願いのままに、恩寵を選べ。われは満足した。たとえ得難きものであっても、汝に授けよう。」
Sūrya (Āditya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmarṣi (contextually Nārada in the chapter’s dialogue flow)
Scene: At Prabhāsa, the radiant Sūrya addresses a brahmin-sage with a compassionate, commanding gesture of boon-giving; the horizon glows, suggesting the sea-coast tīrtha ambience.
FAQs
Divine grace responds to devotion and can overturn even what seems unattainable.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting where worship leads to immediate divine favor.
None; it introduces the boon-granting moment following praise and darśana.