Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
वृक तुष्टोऽस्मि ते वत्स वरं वरय सुव्रत । अहं दास्यामि ते नूनं यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
vṛka tuṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata | ahaṃ dāsyāmi te nūnaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham
‘വൃകാ, വത്സാ, ഞാൻ നിന്നിൽ പ്രസന്നനാണ്. ഹേ സുവ്രതാ, വരം ചോദിക്ക; അതി ദുർലഭമായാലും ഞാൻ നിശ്ചയം നൽകും.’
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Type: kund
Scene: Brahmā addresses Vṛka affectionately (‘vatsa’), right hand in boon-giving gesture, the devotee kneeling with folded hands; the pit and surrounding sages frame the intimacy.
FAQs
Right effort and steadfast vows are shown to mature into divine favor and the granting of boons.
No particular tīrtha is named in this boon-granting line; it supports the Māhātmya’s sacred narrative frame.
A 'su-vrata' (steadfast vow) is praised, but no specific vrata procedure is given.