Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
दुर्गोवाच । यदि तुष्टो दिवानाथ दुःखसंघं विनाशय
durgovāca | yadi tuṣṭo divānātha duḥkhasaṃghaṃ vināśaya
ദുർഗ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദിവാനാഥ സൂര്യദേവാ, നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നനായാൽ എന്റെ ദുഃഖസമൂഹം നശിപ്പിക്കണമേ।
Durgā
Tirtha: Durgāditya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not stated here)
Scene: Devī Durgā, in supplication, addresses Sūrya (Divānātha) with folded hands, requesting the destruction of accumulated sufferings; the setting suggests a luminous tīrtha landscape of Prabhāsa with sanctified atmosphere.
FAQs
The highest boon is not worldly gain but the cessation of duḥkha—suffering—through divine grace.
The request underlies the Durgāditya site’s reputation for removing afflictions.
A direct prayer/boon-request (vara-yācanā) to the Sun is shown as the devotional act.